SHEEP ACT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 292, 17 December 1878, Page 2

SHEEP ACT.

.-It having; been proclaimed iha supplem^n- ' tary Gazette, published on Saturday last, that sections 15, 2ij 33,- 47, and 68. of the Sheep i | A** c >^° pome -*into forpe oa tne Tat ■ j January Dcxt r wepubiishthe:sect'idns to-day - for the information' of "those of* our readers' who will be affected by their operation : — 15. # It shall be lawful for any inspector, when it shall appear to him to be necessary for the purpose of enabling him to decide satisfactorily upon the condition of any sheep, to call upon the owner of such sheep to make ' a declaration in' the*'fdTr"m~dr~ to the .effect" i specified in Schedule B to .this, Act;, md if any such owner, shall refuse .ior p4felect_ to .n?a!te,auch.declai^tioii when so called i upon,, he shall be liable to a penalty of not i less i thao ten pounds nor, exceeding fifty pounds; and if any person shall make any such declaration, knowing the same to be he ;shall be liable to ajpenalty . of one|hundred ' pounds, or to be imprisoned for any term not ' exceeding six calendar months. ' :. .. '' 2t\ Every owner of sheep shall, between the 'first and the thirtieth day of June 'in erery. year, deliver .or cause to be delivered to the' Chief Inspector a written return, in providediiu Schedule A, >of the ,9number;of sheep and lamba oteach sex exceeding three months old owned by .him on the thirty-first day of May preceding, specifyiiijg jpsaqh returns the ear-marks and brands upon such sheep.. Every person neglecting' or refusing £o deliver or cause, to be delivered ..suctt return as aforesaid shajl^e fliable'W'k 'penklty v nqt exceeding twenty 'pounds, i The, Chief Inspector* shall, in the month v df July* in every year, transmit to the Colonial 'Treasurer a 'statement, compiled jfroni the •returns furnished in pursuance A of this ''section, of ; th'e whole number of sheep and lambs within his district/ : '■■ : '-' >: ' 33. If, upon the complaint of an Inspector or any sheepowner in a district., it shall be .eatobiished-tb the satisfaction ttt' a Resident Magistrate having jurisdiction in the district jV that.any,sheep9,wner, wbpfg sheep or any of them are infected, has; failed \a ic\ftm such I .sheep within reasonabfeHHff^ofiS'n.dt taking * duie means to ensure t'&e^;'|j^ing t cleßijed,theo T | it sball.be lawful, for'-'sucfr' Magistrate fo :; ,', ' authorize the Inapector to enter into posspai : ! - siorfof such sheep, and to take such ssteps as : Ir niay be necessary to cleati'-'the aatnei ' < Afld s any^expenses, thereby incurred by the In-: . spector may be Recovered from the (jwuer !of ; -j ; sdeh sheep in any Court of competent jurisdiction. Eor the purpose of the exercise pi --\ the powers conferred, by this section, \ auobLiJ Inspector may enter upaa the ran and" premises on which such sheep are kept,; with : such assistance as he may require, and any: owner or occupier who shall obstruct any 5 Inspector in the discharge iof," v »or neglect to afford all reasonable facilities for the dis- "i jaharga of, such duty shall, for every day duritig which he ahull so offend, i be habie to a penalty not exceeding • twenty pounds. Suchjnß^ectpr\Bhall^ .not J)e liable for any l^iol'damagefp^lifa^xto/stich owner by j .my ,act.by sdeh unless such, ' damage shall , be, occasioned' by his wilful neglect, or default. , ! 1 " !li 4^ if: 'Nothing contained in^this Act .shall | prevent the [occupier of any ; ran upon which j f 6nall -'be ! found- tress^assing 'any infected .| sheep' - and "owned by the occupied of ah i ad joining'rnn/ frbni driving snch shelep to i the residence of such -owner on such ad joining run.: iP.rovided ; !fchat>nQiiipjfected sheep shall, under, the authority of this section, be v driveq through any ; run nwhereofr^heep are « depastqringfor which, ftjdeaiii certificate has been granted as in force. 68. If any inspector shall be satisfied that any sheep in the district are infected j with lice he shall take such steps in the matter us to him shall;seein the cleanaing'pf ;| au.ch sheep, fpr which purpose,, he_ shall, 'aSd ; i'jnay, if the sheepowner ' neglects ' to clpanse :' his sheep; exercise all the powers granted to . him by ( this Act, . as if . the said sheep j were infected with scab; and shall have power to declare them infected sheep; and all ,sheep;;9^nerß; r and r ;pther per^pris shall, if; the. 'ibspectorshaU have declared 'th^aheep to' I be infecfed^ahe'epV be liable* *Ur respect of . 'sheep lnfected with licfe; ; ih°ibe r same unann'dr ' as if such sheep; were infected with scab.- v "