Clause 35

Whenever there is reasonable cause to believe that any disease exists amongst any animal or birds in any part of Singapore, the Minister may by order declare such part to be an infected area and may in such order prohibit either absolutely or conditionally the removal into or out of such area any animal or bird or specified kind of animal or bird.

When an area has been thus declared to be an infected area, the veterinary authority may give written directions as are necessary to regulate the tying-up, isolation, segregation, movement and slaughter of animals or birds within the area as he may consider necessary to control and check the spread of the disease. In the event of any owner or person in charge of any animal or bird failing to comply with such written directions the veterinary authority may take such steps as are necessary to effectively isolate or segregate such animal or bird and all expenses incurred thereby shall be recoverable from the owner or person in charge or both.

Any animal or bird allowed to stray within an infected area, in contravention of a written direction given under the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, may be destroyed forthwith by a veterinary authority or may be seized and detained until its forfeiture has been declared in pursuance of the provisions of this Ordinance. No compensation shall be payable in respect of any animal or bird so destroyed or seized.

Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any written direction, given under the provisions of subsection (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.