Section 42 — ANIMALS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013

(2)

Every Anti-rabies Vaccination Order and its cancellation shall be published in the appropriate State Gazette.

(3)

Every Anti-rabies Vaccination Order shall remain in force until 31 December of the year in which the order was made or until its cancellation, whichever period shall be the shorter, but without prejudice to the making of a further Anti-rabies Vaccination Order to take effect upon the expiry of the period.

(4)

Whenever an Anti-rabies Vaccination Order has been made the State Director may specify periods of time within which, and the places at which, dogs, or groups of dogs, shall be produced for the purposes of such vaccination.

(5)

All such arrangements for vaccination of dogs shall be published in the appropriate State Gazette and also in such other manner as the State Director may consider necessary.

(6)

(a)

The State Director may by notification in the Gazette require that every dog which has been vaccinated in accordance with an Anti-rabies Vaccination Order shall, after such date asmay be specified in such notification, at all times during the continuance in force of the Order and within the area to which the Order applies, carry upon it a serially numbered metal badge or mark, tag or other evidence of vaccination, and any dog found within such area after the date specified in the notification, whether at large or not, which does not carry the proper evidence of vaccination may be destroyed.

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(b)

The proper authority may authorize in writing persons to destroy dogs in accordance with paragraph (a) and any person so authorized may enter any land, building or premises for the purpose of carrying out this subsection:

Provided that such person—

(i)

shall not enter into any dwelling for such purpose except during the hours of daylight; and

(ii)

shall, if so required, produce and show his written authority to the owner, occupier or person for the time being in charge of such land, building or premises.

(c)

In this subsection the ‘proper authority’ means the State

Director, Mayor of a City Council or City Hall, President of a

Municipal Council, District Council or Local Authority, General

Manager of a Town Board or the Chief Police Officer of a State.

(7)

If any owner or person in charge of a dog fails to comply with any order or direction made or given under subsection (1) or (4), the veterinary authority may immediately destroy such dog.

(8)

Any owner or person in charge of a dog who fails to comply with any order made or any direction given under subsection (1)

or (4) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit.

(9)

The Minister may prescribe the fee for the vaccination of a dog:

Provided that no person shall be liable to pay any fee for the vaccination of any dog which at the date of such vaccination has already been licensed in accordance with section 38 or has been registered or licensed in accordance with any written law in force in a

Municipality.

(10)

The Ruler in Council or the Yang di-Pertua Negeri in Council in a State may by order exempt any person or class of persons from

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the payment of all or any part of the fee payable in respect of the vaccination of any dog.

(11)

Any dog which has been vaccinated in any year in accordance with an Anti-rabies Vaccination Order and is carrying the proper evidence of vaccination shall be deemed to be licensed under this

Act, and to be registered or licensed under or in accordance with any other written law, until 31 December of such year.