             ANIMALS (CONTROL OF IMPORTATION)           [ CAP. 86.          1
CHAPTER 86
ANIMALS (CONTROL OF IMPORTATION) 
ORDINANCE 
To make provision for the control of the importation of certain animals.
(6th February, 1935) *
Enacted by ORDINANCE IV of 1935, as amended by Legal Notice 4 of
1963.
Short title.
Importation) Ordinance.
Power of Minister 
to make 
regulations. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 4 of 1963.
2. The Minister responsible for agriculture may, whenever he
thinks it expedient so to do for the protection of animal husbandry
in Malta, make and, when made, vary or repeal, regulations for
prohibiting or otherwise restricting and controlling the importation
of animals or of any specified kind of animals into Malta.
Offences and 
penalties. 
Amended by: 
L.N. 4 of 1963.
Cap.37.
3. If any person lands or attempts to land any animal in
contravention of any regulation made by the Minister responsible
for agriculture under the last preceding section, he shall be liable to
the penalties imposed on persons importing or attempting to import
goods the importation of which is prohibited by the Customs
Ordinance and the animals in respect of which the offence is
committed shall be forfeited.
* See  Proclamation No. IV of the 6th of February, 1935.
