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Animals (Amendment) Act (No. 46 of 1988) - Sect 16

Insertion of new section 37B in the principal enactment

16. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 37A, and shall have effect as section 37B of the principal enactment:
37B. Every Government Veterinary Surgeon shall deemed to be a peace officer within the meaning of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, for the purpose of exercising in relation to any offence under this Act, any power conferred on a peace officer by that Act.".

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