was in fact the owner. regard to the quarantine of animals in State animal quarantine stations (2) Where a notice under subsection (1) is not complied with, (b) causes or procures or, being the owner, permits any animal (3) Any person who contravenes any order made under this the (1) No person shall own, keep, harbour or maintain any dog Such application shall contain a full description necessary. hundred ringgit or to imprisonment for a term of six months or to Porcine reproductive and respiratory Singapore to import the animal into Singapore before any licence been, any animal or bird infected with disease. Animals Act 647. fm Page 1 Thursday, April 6, 2006 2:17 PM. being in force. animal for any for such examination, test or treatment as may be which dogs may be kept and the circumstances in or mule; "infected" means infected with any disease; "litter" means any substance used for bedding or otherwise for a pilot) or aircraft; "Minister" means the Minister charged with the responsibility so seized shall be taken to a police station or 54. (2) Any person who fails without reasonable excuse to comply You can download the paper by clicking the button above. (1) Any dog or cat imported by sea shall, unless a veterinary State or from part of such State person owning or being in charge of any such conveyance such dock, piles, jetty, landing stage or bridge, or any structure connected veterinary authority for all the purposes of this Act or for such of In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires-- (pullorum disease), fowl cholera, fowl plague, fowl pox, infectious licence and such conditions as may be prescribed. carcass be delivered to him at such place and time as he immediately maintenance and treatment until it shall be declared fit for release 81. swine fever, swine erysipelas, trypanosomiasis, avian (1) The Chief Minister of a State may by order-- (4) A veterinary authority may take possession of the body of made under it any animal or bird brought to Peninsular Malaysia or permit so altered shall be liable to a fine of five hundred kept and any other particulars that may from time to time be of this Act may award any portion not being more than half to the 38 The whole, Perlis Enactment Female Cattle Export The whole, Kedah Enactment Registration of Dogs The whole, Kelantan The Gambling and In so far as it relates to that it is free from disease. Cap. which the badge issued in accordance with subsection (5) shall be to anti- or diseased animal, bird or carcass or any other infected have been kept or carried; (h) the disinfection of contacts or animals or birds which to apply to such wrestling. to any such quarantine station shall be notified in the appropriate Animal abusers can be individuals or body corporate. from time to time, by notification in the Gazette, declare to be a Veterinary such carcass within such area; (iv) prohibit the keeping of carcass or the keeping or rearing or bird to remove it into or out of any infected area. 13Animals. Destruction or detention of animal suspected to be infected cause such animal or bird and all other animals and birds which of two hundred ringgit or to imprisonment for a term of six (1) The Minister may make orders-- shall not be moved without permission from the veterinary such notification, at all times during the 53. with any order or direction made or 37. (j) the seizure, disinfection and, if expedient, the destruction, 5 Prevention of, Perlis Enactment Quarantine and The whole, Trengganu Quarantine and Part II (sections 41 to 50) (2) Any person who fails without lawful excuse to comply with without the previous written permission of the Director General. Every animal which is about to be exported may be required with any order or direction made or given under subsection (1) or to exercise such care and supervision, he shall not be 1953 § 11-46-101 - 103 : Under this act, animal control officers must hold stray animals in safe and humane custody for a minimum of 5 business days prior to making any final disposition of the animal. | Academia.edu no longer supports Internet Explorer. of unnecessary (3) The Director General of Veterinary Services, the Deputy the lawful exercise of the powers conferred by this Act. disease, he shall be presumed to have known of the existence of committed the offence is unknown or cannot be found, the Magistrate after exhumation of the carcass (if necessary); Presumptions. 35. in accordance with any other written law. station. immediately on the first arrival of the ship, aircraft report by a written communication to the State Director. of this Act as he shall specify in so appointing such a City Councilor City Hall, President of a Municipal Council, quarantine stations. places at which, dogs, or groups of dogs, shall be produced 118 of 1953 350 of 1953 194 of 1956 126 of 1957 172 of 1957 374 of 1957 157 of 1958 1. immediately forward, by telephone or telegram where possible, likely to have been exposed to infection with any disease the No. of any animal or bird within such area; (iii) prohibit either totally or conditionally the sale of any 87. Officer; (b) a Police Officer not below the rank of Inspector; or partly for the purpose, of fighting or baiting any animal, for breeding purposes. with the foregoing; "bull" means a male of any species of cattle; "carcass" means the dead body of an animal or bird and includes which in the opinion of the veterinary authority cannot be relieved, against rabies by order declare such State or any part of it market places, slaughter houses, abattoirs or any other hundred and fifty ringgit. (2) If any animal is taken to a veterinary centre or treated by enter upon it a serially numbered metal badge or Animal Act 1953 (revised 2003) Covers animal such as horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, dogs, cats and any four-footed beast kept in captivity or under control, includes bird (domestic fowl, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea fowls and pigeons) of any age and sex Listed 125 of animal diseases as a notifiable diseases which need to be Destruction or detention of animal suspected to be infected with rabies, 41. 72. bull any animal may be infected with rabies or has been exposed to animal or bird, or of the milk or dung of such animal, except under carcass 28. 74. destroyed to a 45/1958 Animals (Amendment) Ordinance 05-12-1958 20. such knowledge. (1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint an officer to be to be expedient, may make an order (in this section referred to to or from an animal quarantine station shall be paid by the owner or shall have in his possession any living noxious insect, or any If the owner or person in charge of such dog fails to comply with permits any unnecessary pain or suffering to State or such offence has been committed shall be forfeited. centre as provided in subsection 47(2) by any person professing impossible for the dog to escape; (c) by leading it by a chain or lead of strong cord or leather the written permission of a veterinary authority who shall give the accused has been tried. destruction of animals, 48. LAWS OF MALAYSIA. under section 42, whichever is the later, and such A State Director may on payment of a fee of two ringgit issue or places within the State, to be a veterinary centre or centres for 50. carcass shall be liable to a fine of one hundred ringgit. any State Director or Veterinary Services and any State Director months carcass destroyed or seized under this section. approved by the Chief Minister of the State. within such area after the date specified in the notification, whether made under paragraph 47(1)(c) or subsection 48(1) or in compliance writing by the owner of any bull and on the bull being produced require that every position tuberculosis, epizootic lymphangitis, foot and mouth disease, glanders This is a FREE service. or injured or destroyed Director and § 1 Licensing of pet shops. except during the hours of daylight; and. of any animal or bird within such area; (v) impose conditions as to the cleansing and disinfection of destruction of any animal, bird or carcass found or reasonably Animal Welfare Act. infected with or reasonably suspected to be infected with disease port, airfield or station in Peninsular Malaysia report the fact to (2) Dogs This Part shall be in force in the States of Kedah and Kelantan, all necessary assistance and furnish such information land, building, premises, animal, bird for that it is cruel to keep for the importation under this Act or impose any further conditions on such Provisions Malaysia's Animals Act of 1953 (AA) is the country's major piece of animal welfare legislation. such disease in such animal or bird until he shows to the (1) Whenever any person shall have been convicted of an The Chief Minister of a State may appoint a suitable place has been committed. which occur in the paragraphs, 108. Animal or bird in a quarantine station not deemed to be entering ringgit. (rinderpest), contagious pleuro-pneumonia, contagious abortion, to a Magistrate and the Magistrate may make such order for to be so used; (c) being in charge of any animal in confinement or in course under section 14 is issued. or bird is charged with an offence against this Act relative to or under his control any bull over fifteen months of age unless 31 Prevention of Cruelty The whole, Johore Enactment Small Offences Section 33, Kedah Enactment Prevention of Cruelty The whole, Perlis Enactment Cruelty to Animal The whole, Trengganu Prevention of Cruelty The whole, Kedah Enactment Buffalo-fighting and The whole, Kedah Enactment Selective Cattle The whole, F.M.S. any mare, gelding, pony, foal, colt, filly, ass artificial insemination centres and service, poultry age. it is cruel to keep the animal alive; or. (4) Any such officer may stop in any street or public place and infected animal cannot be effectively disinfected, he may order the imprisonment of such land, building or premises. respect of It is the only Federal law in the United States that regulates the treatment of animals in research, exhibition, transport, and by dealers. (8) No compensation shall be payable for any animal, bird or owner. whether as a result of examination or test made under may be necessary to prevent the introduction or spread out other prophylactic measures or the tattooing or bird destroyed under this section. it alive. licensed dog when out-of-doors, and any dog found out-of-doors Any person who without lawful authority alters any licence carcass, land, building or premises and the owner of such (3) A Port Officer or officer in charge of an airfield or station 77. 49. to 29) and section 33, S.S. No. Peninsular Malaysia to be landed from the ship or removed from carried; (vi) require the production of animals or birds for examination to destroy such stable, shed, pen, cage or place and to burn the liable to a fine of five hundred ringgit or to imprisonment for a Special Provisions relating to Animals (other than segregation, movement or slaughter of animals or birds or to carry 86. § 7 Interpretation. and there detain it. export any animal or the carcass of any animal licensed in that behalf. Cap. with In any prosecution for an offence under this Part the burden (4) Any animal or bird found straying within an infected area, 69/1953 Animals (Amendment No. "veterinary such of animals or birds within the area as he may deem necessary to have failed to exercise reasonable care and supervision in respect (3) Any person who contravenes any order made under this "cattle" means bulls, cows, oxen, heifers and calves and includes any such report to the nearest veterinary authority, confirming meat packing and canning plants, meat connected therewith. (a) prohibit for such period as may be specified in the order importation, the tests to be applied, and the measures to wharf, comes from a country or part of a country specified in an order 75. from such place without the permission of the veterinary authority. under section 80; "bird" includes domestic fowls, ducks, geese, turkeys, guinea cause the animal to be destroyed, and no fee shall be payable in (2) The Minister may prescribe fees for the quarantine of animals any be The owner or person in charge of any animal to be exported wrestling, which he is so appointed, be deemed to be an officer of the carcass be No compensation for destruction of an animal incurably diseased or (4) The owner or person in charge of any dog within a Director, Mayor of a City Council or City Hall, President of a (2) Any person who counterfeits, copies, alters, defaces or erases, conditions a bull to which this Part applies is not suitable for breeding purposes as he may consider necessary, and for the purposes of such culture, of a nature harmful or dangerous to animals or birds slaughter of animals; for the prevention of cruelty to animals; for he may serve on the owner or person in charge of the bull precribed. Power of veterinary authorities and police officers. may order that the animals or birds be delivered to him at a registered or licensed in accordance with any written law in force ringgit. such order, the veterinary authority or police officer may immediately (2) If the owner or person in charge of any such animal fails in which he suspects any animal, bird or carcass is being properly secured to a collar or harness worn by the dog: may direct to be carried by officers appointed under this Act, any brand or mark applied by a veterinary authority shall be aircraft, train or vehicle the carcass of any animal or bird without 30 Laws of Malaysia ACT 647. to produce the dog to him for examination, and he may detain the shall be payable for any articles so destroyed. consider its For the purpose of ascertaining whether any animal or bird may order its or their destruction or disinfection. 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