(1) Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, the licensing officer may refuse to grant or may of,i,-enees, revoke a licence in respect of any bull if in his opinion I the bull appears to be-
(a) of defective or inferior confirmation and c~nsequently likely to be get defective or inferior progeny, or . -- - i This word was substituted for the word "Provincial9' by the Adaptation Order of 1950, I 125-1 4-52~ .~- . - $I,;~"-&. ~ ' I 820 Lie?-stock Improvement [1940: T.N. Ad XV 1 th) ~u ffering from an incurable contagious Oi infecficus dise~se or from any other disease rendering t1:e bull unsuitable for brtxdifig purposes, c'r
(c) of a breed which it is undesirable to propqate in the district or part of the district in , which it is kept.
4 (2) The liceqsing officer may also revoke a licenc:: granted in respxt of any bull kept within his iurisdiction (r.vIether sucb licence was %ranted by himself or by ally other officer) if in his opinion-
(0) the licence was gr~nted under circum?
stances of which the licensing officer was not aware a t the time of granting the licence, or /
(b) there has b:en a breach of any bf tne t c m s , conditions or restrictions of the licence.
(3) If a licence is revoked under this section, !be offices revokinp the licence shnll give notice thereof to the person keeping the bull or to the person 5tatc:i in the licence to be the owner of the b ~ l i .
'The notice shall set out lhc grounds for the revocation.
(4) No p ~ r o n shall bc mtitlea to any compenh:ltic:n for thc refusal 01. revocation of any licence ~un;i.=r this scction. I Surrender
6. A 1iu:nc.c granted in respect of a bcll shall be of licence. .;ltrren?~red without dcby to the licensinr: officer, i f
(0) the p:siod sp:cili~.d in the licence expires, or
(b) the licence is revoked llnder this 'Act, or
(c) the bull dies, or is certified by the prescribed officer to have been effectively castrated by a method and in a manner approved ,by the Director.
I , / 19dO : T.N. Act XVI Live-stock Improvement 821
7. The licensing officer may by order require Inspection , any person keeping a bull to submit it for inspection of b1~11s.
by himself or by any officLr or pzrson dep~ted by him for thc purpose, at any rcasotlable time either at the place where the bull is kept for t h ~ time being or at any other reasonable place specified in the order, and thcrcupo~~ it shsli be the duty of tllc person keeping the bill) to subnut i t for ~nspecl~ctn accordingly, and render all r:asonablc: assistance in cc nmon with such inspection to the offi%r concclnctd.