Slaughter of Animals, Act, 1935
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Enforcement of Act by sanitary authorities. |
5.—(1) It shall be the duty of every sanitary authority of an area in which this Act has effect to exercise the powers vested in them by this Act and to carry out and enforce the provisions of this Act in such area. | |
(2) Whenever a sanitary authority fails or neglects to perform the duty or any portion of the duty imposed upon such authority by this section, the Minister may make such order in relation to such sanitary authority as he shall think necessary or proper for the purpose of compelling such sanitary authority to perform such duty. | ||
(3) An order made by the Minister under this section, may, without prejudice to the exercise, in respect of the sanitary authority to which such order relates, of the powers conferred on the Minister by section 72 of the Local Government Act, 1925 (No. 5 of 1925), be enforced by proceedings in the nature of mandamus at the suit of the Minister. |