Clause 30

Every owner or person in charge of any animal or bird infected with or reasonably suspected to be infected with disease shall immediately make a report to the veterinary authority or to the nearest police station and shall at once cause such animal or bird and all other animals or birds which have been in contact with it to be confined and isolated until the arrival of a veterinary authority.

Every owner or person in charge of any animal or bird reasonably suspected to have died of disease shall immediately report such death to the veterinary authority or the nearest police station and, in the case of an animal, the carcase shall not be moved without the written permission from the veterinary authority:Provided that it shall not be an offence to bury the carcase of such animal, if no instructions have been received within twenty-four hours of making such report.

Where the officer in charge of a police station has communicated the contents of a report by telephone to a veterinary authority, he shall as soon as possible transmit the report to the veterinary authority.

Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to make a report as required under the provisions of subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Ordinance and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.

Any person who without reasonable excuse —