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Animals (Control of Importation) Act, 1952 🇬🇭


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Republic of Ghana


The thirty-sixth

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana
entitled

Animals (Control of Importation) Act, 1952

  • Assented to on 17 July 1952
  • Commenced on 19 July 1952
AN ACT to provide for the control of the importation of animals and for related matters.

1. Application of Act

The Minister may, by legislative instrument,(a)extend the application of this Act to a kind of animal or disease which is not included in the definition of the word “animal” or the word “disease” in section 12;(b)declare that this Act shall not apply in respect of a kind of animal or disease which appears in the definition of the word “animal” or the word “disease” in section 12.

2. Prohibiting importation

The Minister may, for the purposes of preventing the introduction of disease into the Republic, by executive instrument, prohibit the importation of an animal or of a specified kind of animal brought from a specified country or a specified part of that country or generally.

3. Seizure of unlawfully im…

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