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Marking of cattle for slaughter.
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21.—(1) An inspector may (subject to the production by him, if so required, of his authority in writing as such inspector) enter at any reasonable time on any land or premises on which cattle are kept or are reasonably suspected by him of being kept and there examine all cattle found by him on such land or premises.
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(2) Whenever an inspector, in exercise of the powers conferred by the next preceding sub-section of this section, finds on any land or premises any cattle which are in his opinion suitable for slaughter for human consumption in Saorstát Eireann, such inspector may select all or any of such cattle for slaughter for human consumption in Saorstát Eireann and may determine, in respect of each of the cattle so selected, the earliest date on which it may be so slaughtered, and the inspector shall mark in the prescribed manner and with the appropriate prescribed mark all cattle so selected.
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(4) Every person who without lawful authority alters or defaces or permits the alteration or defacement of a mark imposed on or affixed to any cattle under this section or who without lawful authority imposes or affixes on or to any cattle a mark the same as a mark prescribed under this Part of this Act or so closely resembling any such mark as to be calculated to deceive shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or, at the discretion of the Court, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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