Section 49

No compensation shall in any case be payable to any person in respect of the destruction of any animal in pursuance of an order made under paragraph 47(1)(c) or subsection 48(1) or in compliance with a request in writing to an officer in charge of a veterinary centre as provided in subsection 47(2) by any person professing to be the owner of such animal:

Provided that in the last case the officer in charge of the veterinary centre in good faith believed that the person making the request was in fact the owner.