Clause 13

The Commissioner or a Medical Officer of Health may require the spraying, with any form of insecticide he may think fit, of any premises or vessel or any stable, pigsty, cattle shed, chicken coop or other place or structure used for the shelter of animals, and may, if he considers it necessary, either carry out such spraying after giving due notice to the owner or occupier thereof or require such owner or occupier to carry out such spraying.

Any person removing or rendering less effective any insecticide so sprayed or refusing, failing or neglecting to comply with any requisition made in pursuance of subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this Act and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and imprisonment.