Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 · s 13

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s 13Control of contaminated articles and infected animals

(1)

No person who knows or has reason to believe that any article is contaminated or that any animal is infected or contaminated shall give, lend, sell, transmit, use or expose such article or animal without prior disinfection.

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.

(3)

This section shall not apply to any person who transmits, with proper precautions, any article or animal for the purpose of having it disinfected.