Report of Animals to the Police Regulations
Made 1921-07-15 · Text as of 2026-10-01
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- Language
- English
- Kind
- Regulation
- Organisation
- European Union
- Country
- Malta
- Subjects
- Livestock
- Keywords
- animal production, cattle, sheep/goats, swine, equine-animals, data collection/reporting, offences/penalties
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REPORT OF ANIMALS TO THE POLICE [S.L.10.07 1 SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 10.07 REPORT OF ANIMALS TO THE POLICE REGULATIONS 15th July, 1921 GOVERNMENT NOTICE 194 of 1921, as amended by Government Notice 118 of 1923. Title.1. The title of these Regulations is Report of Animals to the Police Regulations. Report of animals. Substituted by: G.N. 118 of 1923. 2. Owners of cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, donkeys, horses and mules shall, within the first six days of the month of January of each year and, in the case of pigs within the first six days of the month of July of each year as well, report to the senior Police officer on duty in the nearest Police Station of the district, the number of such animals in their possession stating the place in which they are kept and, in the case of cat t le and donkeys, specifying the sex and the breed. Additions and reductions. 3. Any increase in the number of animals, whether by birth or purchase, or any reduction, whether by sale, death or slaughter shall also be reported; all animals sold for slaughter should be considered as slaughtered, and animals which on the days above stated are not yet one month old may not be taken into account. Only one statement required. 4. On the statement being made by either the owner or the person in charge, the other person shall cease to be bound to make the same statement, but no person shall be excused on the grounds of having erroneously believed that the statement had been made by another person. Contraventions.5. The owner or the person in charge, as the case may be, who fails to make the reports contemplated in regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations, or who makes a false or incorrect report shall, on convic t ion , be l i ab le to the punishments l a id down for contraventions.