Malaysia legislation
Section 18
Section 18
(1)
If any animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, dung or any article or substance which has been or is about to be imported is, in the opinion of a veterinary authority, infected with any disease or likely to have been in contact with any infected or diseased animal or bird or any contaminated animal product, bird product or carcass or any article or substance, the veterinary authority may in his discretion either -
(a)
refuse to permit such animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, dung or any article or substance to be unloaded, landed or removed;
(b)
cause such animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, dung or any article or substance to be destroyed at once and be disposed of in such manner as he may direct; or
(c)
cause such animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, dung or any article or substance to be detained in quarantine for such period as he may consider necessary.
(2)
No compensation shall be payable in respect of any animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, dung or any article or substance destroyed.
Animal or bird on board a ship