Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Amendment of section 13
In the principal Act, in section 13 —
(a)
replace subsection (1) with —“(1) If the Director‑General of Health considers any animal, food or water to be a source for the transmission of an infectious disease, the Director‑General of Health may —
(a)
if the source is an animal — order the person who owns or is in possession of the animal to destroy it; or
(b)
if the source is food or water — order the person who owns or is in possession of it to dispose of it,and impose any requirement that the Director-General of Health thinks fit in relation to the destruction of that animal or the disposal of that food or water, as the case may be.”; and
(b)
in subsections (2) and (3), after “made”, insert “or requirement imposed”.