Slaughter of Cattle and Sheep (Amendment) Act, 1935

Amendment of Section 18 of the Principal Act.

7.Section 18 of the Principal Act is hereby amended in the following respects and shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say—

(a) by the insertion therein of the words “offals, skins, or hides” after the word “meat,” wherever that word occurs in sub-section (1) of the said section; and

(b) by the deletion, in paragraph (c) of the said sub-section (1), of the words “to ask of any person having,” and the insertion in the said paragraph of the words “at any time or place to ask of any person who has or at any time had” in lieu of the said words so deleted; and

(c) by the insertion of the following paragraph at the end of sub-section (1) of the said section that is to say:—

“(d) at any time or place to demand of any person who has or at any time had the custody or possession of any meat, offals, skins, or hides found in the course of the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this section, the production of all records, invoices, consignment notes, receipts, and other documents (including copies thereof where the originals are not available) relating to such meat, offals, skins, or hides, and to take copies of and make extracts from any such documents including as aforesaid)”; and

(d) by the insertion of the following word and paragraph at the end of sub-section (3) of the said section, that is to say:—

“or

(e) fail or refuse to produce any document the production of which is lawfully demanded of him by any such member or inspector in exercise of any of the powers in that behalf conferred by this section, or fail or refuse to permit any such member or inspector to take copies of or to make extracts from any such document”.