5. The following new sections are hereby inserted immediately after section 3B and shall have effect as sections 3c and 3D of the principal enactment:
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| | (1) No person shall transport any animal within, to, or from, any administrative district except under the authority of a transport permit issued by the Assistant Government Agent of a division of that Administrative District, for that purpose. | | |
| | (2) Every application for a transport permit shall be made to the Assistant Government Agent of the division of that administrative district within, or from, which any animal is to be transported, in such form as may be prescribed and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. | | |
| | (3) Every transport permit shall, unless it is cancelled earlier, be in force for a period of three months from the date of its issue, | | |
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| 3D. All offences under this Part or any regulation made thereunder shall be cognizable offences for the purpose of the application of the provision of the Code of Criminal Procedure Act, No. 15 of 1979, notwithstanding anything contained in the First Schedule to that Act.". |
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