Section 13
Animal, fish, animal or fish products on board a vehicle, etc.
of Veterinary Public Health Ordinance, 1999
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Any animal, fish, animal or fish products imported by sea, land or air shall, unless a State Veterinary Authority has authorized its landing or removal, at all times while on board the ship, aircraft or vehicle in any port, airfield or station, be confined in an enclosed part of such ship, aircraft or in a cage, enclosure or kennel.
(2)
If any animal or fish dies or is lost from a ship, aircraft or vehicle in any port, airfield or station, the master of the ship or aircraft or the driver of the vehicle shall immediately notify the State
Veterinary Authority of such death or loss.
(3)
Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.
(4)
Subject to paragraph (b) and to any directions to the contrary given by the State Veterinary Authority, every dog or cat imported into the State shall undergo a period of quarantine of not less than six months or such other period as may be approved by it and in such place as it may direct.
(b)
Any dog or cat imported into the State from any rabies free country shall, if the State Veterinary Authority is satisfied that the following provisions have been complied with, be exempted from paragraph (a), namely, that—
(i)
every such dog or cat was imported from any rabies free country direct to the State or subject to subparagraph (ii)
transit through any country and thence direct to the State;
(ii)
if any such dog or cat is on transit through any country, it shall, during the whole of its period in that country, have been detained in a quarantine station and when imported into the State, it shall be accompanied by a certificate to the effect that it was so detained, signed by the appropriate veterinary authority of that country;
(iii)
every such dog or cat imported into the State shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the appropriate veterinary authority in the exporting country, certifying that at the time of its embarkation such dog or cat was in good health and free from any disease of an infectious or dangerous nature.
(5)
For the purpose of subsection (4), a dog or cat shall be deemed to have been transported direct from one place to another if it was not removed from the carrier during the course of the journey.