Section 2

"animal" includes buffalo, cattle, sheep, goat, horse, swine, dog, cat and any four-footed beast kept in captivity or under control of any age or sex;

"animal product" means any product and by-product of animal origin for human consumption, for use in animal feeding or for pharmaceutical or industrial use, and includes meat, milk, blood, semen, embryo or any part of animal carcass;

"bird" includes chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys, quails, guinea fowls, pigeons and any other avian species kept in captivity or under control, of any age or sex and the eggs thereof;

"bird product" means any product and by-product of bird origin for human consumption, for use in animal feeding or for pharmaceutical or industrial use, and includes meat, blood, egg or any part of bird carcass;

"building" includes any stable or enclosure, whether roofed or not, used for sheltering or confining any animal or bird and any pen, cage, wall, gate, pillar, post, paling,

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frame, hoarding, fence, platform, roadway, path, steps, staging, slip, wharf, dock, piles, jetty, landing stage or bridge, or any structure connected with the foregoing;

"carcass" means the dead body of an animal or bird and includes any part thereof and the meat, bones (whether whole, broken or ground), offal, hide, skin, wool, hair, feathers, hoof, horns or other part of an animal or bird, separately or otherwise, or any portion thereof;

"cat" means any cat of any breed or sex, belonging to the feline family;

"cattle" means bulls, cows, heifers and calves and includes buffaloes of any age or sex;

"conveyance" means any vehicle, vessel, ship, aircraft or any other mode of transportation whether by air, sea or land;

"Director" means the Director of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry;

"disease" means any disease, infectious, non-infectious or contagious amongst animals, birds, animal products, bird products or carcass;

"District Officer" includes the Assistant District Officer;

"dog" means any dog of any breed or sex, belonging to any canine family;

"export" means to take or cause to be taken out of Sabah, by land, sea or air or to any place any animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, dung or any article or substance in a conveyance for the purpose of the animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, dung or any article or substance being taken out of Sabah by land, sea or air;

"fodder" means any substance used for food of animals or birds;

"horse" includes any mare, gelding, pony, foal, colt, filly, ass or mule;

"import" means to bring or cause to be brought any animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, dung or any article or substance into Sabah, by land, sea or air;

"infected" means infected with any disease;

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"litter" means any substance used for bedding or otherwise for or about animals or birds;

"Minister" means the Minister charged with the responsibility for veterinary services and animal industry;

"officer of customs" has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Customs Act 1967 [Act 235];

"owner" means any person who owns any animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, fodder, litter, dung or any article or substance and includes any person for the time being in charge of any animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, fodder, litter, dung or any article or substance and any person for the time being in occupation of any premises;

"premises" includes any house, building, hut, shed, structure, platform, plant, warehouse, container and land whether or not enclosed or built upon;

"quarantine" means the official confinement in isolation of any animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, fodder, litter, dung or any article or substance under the supervision of the veterinary authority;

"quarantine station" means any premises or place established under section 50

where quarantine of animal, bird, animal product, bird product, carcass, fodder, litter, dung or any article or substance is carried out under the supervision of the veterinary authority;

"ship" includes every description of vessel or craft, however propelled, which may be used in navigation by water;

"veterinary authority" means the Director of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry or any public officer authorized by him in writing to exercise any power under this

Enactment;

"veterinary biologic" means animal or bird vaccines, sera, plasma, toxoids, toxins and antitoxins, antigens or any substance or mixture of substances, live, killed or attenuated derived from animals. birds, parasites or micro-organisms or parts

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thereof, any culture or living preparation of the causative agent of any disease manufactured, imported, sold, used or presented for use for veterinary purpose;

"veterinary centre" means any veterinary centre established under section 50.