Crop Production and Livestock (African Poultry) Rules

THE CROP PRODUCTION AND LIVESTOCK (AFRICAN POULTRY) RULES 1. These Rules may be cited as the Crop Production and Livestock (African Poultry) Rules and shall apply to the Nyanza Province and the Central Province. 2. In these Rules— "inspector" means any administrative, agricultural or police officer, or any agricultural inspector or agricultural instructor; "poultry" means the domestic fowl; "trader" means any person who purchases poultry for the purpose of resale. 3. No poultry shall be purchased by a trader from an African except between the hours of 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. 4. (1) No poultry shall be removed from any area to which these Rules apply unless and until it has been inspected at one of the places specified in the Second Schedule to the Crop Production and Livestock (African Produce) Rules, and unless the transporter is in possession of a certificate issued in respect of such poultry under paragraph (2) of this rule; and such certificate shall be produced and shown to any inspector on demand; Provided that where a place named as the place of inspection for any area is situated outside such area, such poultry may, for the purpose of inspection, be removed from such area to such place; but no poultry shall be removed from such place unless and until it has been inspected. (2) An inspector shall give the person tendering the poultry for inspection a certificate to the effect that such poultry has been inspected. (3) An inspection certificate shall be withheld if the poultry does not conform with the conditions endorsed on the licence issued under section 4 of the Agricultural Produce Marketing Act and authorizing the purchase of such poultry. (4) Nothing in this rule shall prevent the purchase, sale or exchange of poultry without inspection as between Africans, for their own consumption, at customary African markets. 5. A fee of two cents per bird shall be paid by the purchaser in respect of each bird purchased by him after inspection under these Rules: Provided that— (i) no person shall be required to pay an inspection fee on any poultry on which an inspection fee has already been paid; (ii) an agricultural officer, or any inspector authorized by an agricultural officer, may, in the case of a trader, consignor, or any person other than a producer, offering the poultry for inspection, demand payment of the inspection fee before the issue for an inspection certificate. 6. The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, specify places at or near the boundary of a district in any area to which these Rules apply, at which an inspector may order any vehicle which he has reason to believe to contain poultry, to stop for the purpose of ascertaining whether or not such vehicle contains poultry, and if so, whether or not such poultry has been inspected, and may for that purpose examine the contents of such vehicle: Provided that, until other provision is made under this rule, the places specified under rule 18 of the Crop Production and Livestock African Produce) Rules (so far as they fall within the areas to which these Rules apply) shall be deemed to have been duly specified by the Minister under this rule.