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Animal Identification Act, 2002 (Act No. 6 of 2002)

16. Offences

 

Any person who—

(a) is a marking operator and who fails to keep a register in terms of section (11)(c);
(b) has in his or her possession an animal marked not in accordance with or in a manner allowed by this Act;
(c) alters, mutilates or cancels an identification mark on an animal;
(d) sells to any person an animal on which an identification mark has been altered, mutilated or cancelled;
(e) sells to any person an animal of which an ear has been cut off;
(f) hinders or obstructs an officer or an authorised person or a police official in the execution of his or her duties or the exercise of his or her powers under this Act;
(g) fails or refuses to produce, when required in terms of this Act by the registrar or a police official to do so, any livestock or other thing in his or her possession or under his or her control;
(h) alters a certificate issued in terms of section 5(2)(c);
(i) fails to comply with or contravenes any provision of section 7;
(j) in any application made in terms of this Act, makes or causes to be made a statement which is false;
(k) falsely holds himself or herself out to be the registrar or an authorised person; or
(l) marks animals for financial gain without being registered as a marking operator,

is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.