Diseases of Animals Act, 1938
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Amendment of the Act of 1934. |
2.—(1) The definition of the word “poultry” contained in section 1 of the Act of 1934 is hereby amended by the insertion after the word “turkeys”, of the words “ducks, geese”, and the word “poultry” in the Act of 1934 (including the Act of 1934, as amended by this section) and this Act shall be construed accordingly. | |
(2) The expression “poultry eggs” in the Act of 1934 (including the Act of 1934, as amended by this section) and this Act means eggs of poultry. | ||
(3) Section 2 of the Act of 1934 is hereby amended in the following respects and shall be construed and have effect accordingly, that is to say:— | ||
(a) by the deletion in paragraph (c) of the said section of the words “intended to be used for hatching” and the substitution, in lieu of the words so deleted, of the words “either generally or with such exceptions as the Minister for Agriculture thinks fit”; | ||
(b) by the substitution of the following paragraph in lieu of paragraph (d) of the said section, that is to say:.— | ||
“(d) for prohibiting or restricting and regulating the movement and use within the State of poultry eggs, whether produced within or without the State”. |