(1) Every vessel or vehicle used by a common carrier for the transport of animals shall be cleaned and disinfected periodically in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) The 1[State] Government may appoint places where an Inspector may detain and inspect any such vessel or vehicle, and if it is not in a sanitary condition, require it to be cleansed and disinfected in the prescribed manner.
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1. This word was substituted for the word "Provincial’’ by the Adaptation Order of
1950.
Cleaning and disinfection of vessels and vehicles.
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(3) This section shall not apply to the rolling stock of any railway.
10. Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, the Veterinary surgeon may, by order in writing, require the owner, occupier or person in charge of any building, yard, vessel or vehicle in which an infective animal has been kept, to have such building, yard, vessel or vehicle disinfected, and the internal fittings thereof and other things found there to be disinfected or destroyed in such manner and to such extent as may be specified in the order.