Section 21
Post-mortem examination
ActIn forceProvision 23 of 102
Section 21
(1)
A veterinary authority may conduct a post-mortem examination of the carcass of any animal or bird and may remove such portions of the carcass as he may deem necessary for laboratory examination, and for the purposes of such examination may order that the carcass be delivered to him at such place and time as he shall specify.
(2)
A veterinary authority may order the carcass of an animal or bird which has been buried to be exhumed for the purpose of such post-mortem examination.
(3)
Any person who fails to comply with any order made under subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit.