Malaysia legislation
Section 78
Section 78
(1)
A local authority may, and shall within the limits of any urban area, provide one or more public slaughterhouses.
(2)
It is hereby declared the provisions of subsection (1) may be performed in either of the following ways, that is to say
(a)
by acquiring (whether by purchase, lease or otherwise) land and providing slaughterhouse facilities there; or
(b)
by acquiring (whether by purchase, lease or otherwise) land on which such facilities have been provided by other persons and securing that such facilities continue to be provided there.
(3)
The local authority, if and so far as it appears to it that additional slaughterhouse facilities are required in or for the local authority area having regard to the reasonable requirements of persons making use of such facilities, may take such measures as it thinks expedient for securing the provision of the facilities required.
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(4)
The expression ―slaughterhouse facilities‖ means facilities for carrying on the activities of a slaughterhouse, including plant and apparatus and the services of persons as slaughtermen or otherwise.
Management of public slaughterhouses.