LawgistThe Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act
18Cleaning and disinfection of carriers
(1) Every common carrier whether a vessel or vehicle shall be cleaned and disinfected immediately before and after the transportation of any animal in that vessel or vehicle, and so also any other place where the animal has been kept in transit.
(2) Where any area has been declared as a controlled area or free area in respect of any scheduled disease affecting any species of animal, the Director may, by an order duly published in the Official Gazette and in a local newspaper in the vernacular language, direct the owner of every vehicle in which any animal belonging to that species is carried, to have the vehicle properly cleaned and disinfected.
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CONTROL OF SCHEDULED DISEASES
- 3 Appointment of Veterinary Officers
- 4 Reporting scheduled diseases obligatory
- 5 Duty to segregate infected animals
- 6 Notification of controlled areas and free areas
- 7 Prohibition of movement of animals from controlled area
- 8 Vaccination, marking and issue of vaccination certificate
- 9 Contents of vaccination certificate
- 10 Entry and exit of animals into controlled area and free area
- 11 Precautionary measures in relation to controlled areas
- 12 Prohibition of markets, fairs, exhibition, etc., in the controlled areas
- 13 Prohibition of bringing of infected animals into market and other places
- 14 Check Posts and Quarantine Camps
- 15 Inspection and detention of animals at Check Posts and Quarantine Camps
- 16 Entry and exit of vaccinated animals into controlled and free areas
- 17 Appointment of Competent Officers
- 18 Cleaning and disinfection of carriers
- 19 Powers of entry and inspection
