Section 5
Mad, dangerous and wild animals
(1)
Every veterinary authority and every game warden and, in the absence of a veterinary authority or game warden, every police officer shall secure any animal reasonably suspected to be mad or dangerous, and any wild animal found at large in or near any public place under circumstances of danger to the public.
(2)
If there is reasonable ground to believe that any such mad, dangerous or wild animal cannot be secured without risk of injury to the person of the veterinary authority, game warden or police officer attempting to secure the same, such veterinary authority, game warden or police officer may shoot or otherwise destroy such animals.
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(3)
In this section “veterinary authority” shall have the same meaning as in the Animals Act 1953 [Act 647], and “game warden”
includes every person who has the powers of a game warden under any written law relating to wild animals for the time being in force in Malaysia or any part thereof.