Mandating Procedures of Provinces Act, 2008
R 385
Animal Improvement Act, 1998 (Act No. 62 of 1998)18. Prohibition of false or misleading advertisements |
| (1) | No person shall publish or distribute a false or misleading advertisement in respect of— |
| (a) | the pedigree or performance particulars of an animal; |
| (b) | the sale of an animal or genetic material; or |
| (c) | the presentation of semen collection, embryo collection, artificial insemination, or the transferring of ova or embryos into recipient female animals, |
or cause or permit such advertisement to be published or distributed.
| (2) | If a person, other than the person who advertises the pedigree or performance particulars of an animal, sells an animal or genetic material or performs semen collection, embryo-collection, artificial insemination or transferring of ova or embryos into recipient female animals or animals to which the false or misleading advertisement relates, is charged with a contravention of subsection (1), it shall be a sufficient defence if he or she proves that he or she did not know or could not reasonably be expected to have known that the advertisement was false or misleading in any respect, unless it is proved that the accused failed on demand by the registrar or a police officer to furnish the name and address of the person at whose instance the advertisement was published or distributed. |
