(1) Where any area or place has been declared to be an infected area or place under the foregoing provisions of this Act no person shall, while such declaration remains in force, remove any animal, alive or dead, or any product, of an animal, or any part of an animal, or any fodder, bedding or other thing used in connection with an animal, save in
7. Substituted by G.O.Ms.No.45, Law (F) Department, dated 01.06.2016.
Removal of animals and other things from infected areas or places.
[Act No.XIX of 1940] 9 accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Inspector.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall prevent the carriage by railway of any animal or thing referred to in that subsection through an infected area or place:
Provided that where any such animal or thing while in transit through an infected area or place is unloaded therein, it shall not be removed therefrom save in accordance with sub-section (1).
15. Where any animal or thing is removed from an infected area or place otherwise than in accordance with a licence granted under section 14, any Inspector or Police Officer may require the owner or person in charge of such animal or thing to return it to such area or place:
Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the powers of an Inspector under section 8 to deal with infective animals.
16. Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, an Inspector may enter and inspect any land, building or other place or any vessel or vehicle, for the purpose of exercising the powers or performing the duties conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act.