Section 22
Post-mortem examination
of Veterinary Public Health Ordinance, 1999
State OrdinanceIn forceProvision 22 of 123
Section 22
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(1)
The State Veterinary Authority may conduct a post-mortem examination on the carcass of any animal or fish and may remove such portions of the carcass as it may deem necessary for laboratory examination, and for the purposes of such examination may order that the carcass be delivered to it at such place and time as it shall specify.
(2)
The State Veterinary Authority may order the carcass of an animal or fish which has been buried to be exhumed for the purpose of such post-mortem examination.
(3)
Any person who fails without lawful excuse to comply with any order issued under this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.