Section 32
Power to seal premises or conveyance
of Animal Welfare Enactment 2015
(1)
Where applicable and by reason of its nature, size or amount, it is not practicable to remove any animal, carcass, conveyance, substance, document, computerized date or other thing that has been seized in or on any premises or any animal, carcass, conveyance, substance, document, computerized data or other thing in any conveyance referred to in subsection 31 (1) seized under this section, the enforcement officer shall, by any means, seal such premises or conveyance from where the animal, carcass, conveyance, substance, document, computerized data or other thing was found.
(2)
The owner, or the occupier of the premises or conveyance shall be responsible for the general care or the welfare of the animal if any, the overall maintenance and safe keeping of any animal, carcass, conveyance, substance, document, computerized data or other thing that has been sealed in the premises or conveyance referred to in subsection (1).
(3)
Any person who, without lawful authority, breaks, tampers with or damages the seal referred to in subsection (1) or removes the animal, carcass, conveyance, substance, document, computerized data or other thing that has been sealed, or attempts to do so commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
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