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| (1) An authorised officer may"
| | (a) enter any farm yard, cow shed, poultry yard, hatchery or any other place where any animal is kept or reared or where any animal product is kept; and | | |
| | (b) require the owner of such animal or animal product to produce it on a specified date and at a specified time and place, | | |
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| (2) Every annual which may react to a test carried out under subsection (1) shall, together with all infected materials, be destroyed and disposed of and the provisions of section 9 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply thereto. |
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| (3) It shall be the duty of the authorized officer to ensure the destruction and disposal of such animal in the prescribed manner. |
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| (4) Where a direction is given by the Magistrate for the destruction and disposal of any animal under subsection (2) of this section, he shall, if he considers it just and equitable in the circumstances of the case, make order that the Director shall make such payment as may be determined by him, to the party affected by the direction made by the Magistrate. |
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