Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Administration of Act and appointment of officers, etc.

4 Identification card to be produced

5 Prohibition of import, export or transhipment of meat products or fish products without licence

6 Prohibition of import, export or transhipment of meat products or fish products without permit

7 Application for licences and permits and renewal of licences

8 Suspension and revocation of licences and permits

10 Inspection of meat products and fish products upon import or prior to export

11 Slaughter of animals to be carried out at licensed slaughter-houses or premises permitted by Director

12 Processing establishments and cold stores to be licensed

13 Application for licences and permits and renewal of licences

14 Suspension and revocation of licences and permits

16 Ante mortem and post mortem examination

17 Owners and occupiers of licensed slaughter-houses to ensure that animals are fit for slaughter

18 Power to prohibit slaughter

19 Power to prohibit dressing of carcases

20 Marking, branding or tagging of carcases

21 Power to close slaughter-houses, processing establishments and cold stores

22 Licensing of wholesale markets

23 Sale of meat products and fish products

24 Power to require production of documents, etc.

25 Powers of entry, search and seizure, etc.

26 Power to require destruction treatment or disposal of meat products or fish products found to be diseased, etc.

28 Obstructing officers in execution of their duties

29 Altering licence, permit or certificate

30 Penalty for false declaration, etc.

31 Offences committed by bodies corporate and by agents and servants

33 Form and authentication of notices, orders and other documents

34 Inaccuracies in documents

35 Service of documents

36 Protection from liability

37 Jurisdiction of Courts

39 Composition of offences

42 Repeal and transitional provisions

REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

GOVERNMENT GAZETTE

ACTS SUPPLEMENT

Published by Authority

NO. 6]

Friday, February 19

[1999

The following Act was passed by Parliament on 20th January 1999 and assented to by the President on 26th January 1999:—

Wholesome Meat and Fish Act 1999

(No. 5 of 1999)

I assent.

ONG TENG CHEONG,

President.

26th January 1999.

Date of Commencement: 10th December 1999

An Act to regulate the slaughtering of animals and the processing, packing, inspection, import, distribution, sale, transhipment and export of meat products and fish products and for matters connected therewith, and to repeal the Slaughter-houses and Meat Processing Factories Act (Chapter 307 of the 1985 Revised Edition) and to make related amendments to certain provisions of the Fisheries Act (Chapter 111 of the 1985 Revised Edition).

Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:

PART I

Preliminary

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Stamp (Amendment) Act, 1965, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Amendment of section 2

2. Section 2 of the Stamp Ordinance is hereby amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “the Colony or in the Federation of Malaya” appearing at the end of the definition of “contract note” therein and substituting therefor the word “Singapore”;

(b)

by deleting the words “in any part of the British Commonwealth” appearing at the end of the definition of “marketable security” therein;

(c)

by deleting the expression “the Colony or in British, Dominion, Indian, colonial or foreign currency” appearing at the end of the definition of “money” therein and substituting therefor the words “Singapore or in any other currency”; and

(d)

by deleting the definition of “stock” appearing therein and substituting therefor the following: —

“ “stock” includes any share in the capital stock or funded debt of a company, corporation or society in Singapore or elsewhere and stocks or funds of the Government or of any other Government or country;”.

Transfer date

3. The transfer date shall be such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint to be the date on which the undertaking and employees of the Corporation shall be transferred to the successor company.

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