38. In this Act unless, the context otherwise requires" "animal" means cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, pig, fish, horse, mule, ass, dog, cat, bird, bee and includes any other animal domesticated or wild whether kept in captivity or under control or otherwise ; "animal product" includes meat, milk, fish, eggs, blood, hide skin hair. offal feathers, horn, hoof, or any other product whether raw, cooked or processed, originating from an animal ; "appropriate authority" means"
| (a) in the case of a sea port, the Parts Authority established under the Ports Authority Act No. 51 of 1979 : and |
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| (b) in the case of an airport, an Agent appointed under the Air Navigation (Special Provisions) Act, No. 2 of 1982 and where no such Agent has been appointed, the Director General of Civil Aviation ; |
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" authorized officer " means an officer authorised by the Director for the purposes of this Act; "carcass" means the carcase of any animal and includes part of a carcass and the meat, bone, hide, skin, hoof, horn, offal or other part of an animal separately or otherwise or any portion thereof ; " contagious " means transmissible by contact; " Director" means the Director of Animal Production and Health; " disease" means any disease infectious or contagious among animals or birds and listed in the First Schedule; " excrement" means dung, urine or any other material discharged from the animal or its carcass; " feed " includes rice bran, wheat bran, cereals, husk, or vegetable oils of marine origin, oil cakes or any other material of vegetable or animal origin, processed or unprocessed, intended to be used or used in the feeding of animals. " fish " includes all varieties of fish, crab, prawn, lobster, turtle, marine as well as fresh water fish, whether cooked, canned, dried, salted or smoked; " fodder " includes grass, hay, straw, silage or any other material of vegetable origin, raw or preserved ; " infectious" means transmissible by inoculation or through contamination with inanimate carriers by infectious secretions and excretions; "litter" includes straw, husk, weed shavings, and any other material used as bedding or otherwise for animals ; "meat" means any edible portion of a carcass of an animal including offal, whether raw, cooked processed, smoked fried, salted or canned; " owner" in relation to an animal includes co-owner or one who hires or leases an animal or any person who takes care of any animal on behalf of an owner; " quarantine" means the compulsory detention In isolation of any animal, or any article ; " quarantine station" means any building or place where quarantine is carried out and includes an examination station ; "veterinary biological product" includes vaccines, sera, micro-organisms, whether living or dead, and their, extracts or by-products intended for use in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease In animals ; " veterinary drug " includes"
| (i) any substance or "mixture of substance manufactured, sold, offered for sale or represented for use in"
| | (a) the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease, abnormal physical state or the symptoms thereof in any animal; and | | |
| | (b) restoring correcting or modifying organic functions in any animal. | | |
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| (ii) a single drug or a combination of drugs ready for use and placed on the market under a special name or in a characteristic form and includes both patent and proprietary preparations ; |
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" veterinary surgeon" means a veterinary surgeon employed by the State ; " vessel" means a mode of conveyance, however propelled, which may be used in navigation toy water or air for the conveyance of animal, or animal products. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts