Animals (Diseases) (Prevention of Trypanosomiasis) Regulations, no. 31 of 1953

Temporary Licence Licence is hereby granted to…………………………………………………………………….. of……………………………………………….to transport trade cattle by rail, motor vehicle, river or ocean vessel or by aircraft. This licence is not transferable and is valid until………………………….. …………………,20………… Not more than five thousand head of cattle may be transported under this licence. ………………………………….. Prescribed Officer Date………………………………………. ENDORSEMENTS Date No. of head of cattle transported Signature of prescribed officer ANIMALS (DISEASES) (PREVENTION OF TRYPANOSOMIASIS) REGULATIONS ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATION 1. Short title. 2. Definition. 3. Establishment of control posts. 4. Provisions relating to control posts. 5. Power to stop and examine vehicles. 6. Destruction of tsetse fly. 7. Effect of traffic signs. 8. Penalties. ANIMALS (DISEASES) (PREVENTION OF TRYPANOSOMIASIS) REGULATIONS [Section 3.] [Regs. 31 of 1953, 51 of 1953.] [Date of commencement: 18th June, 1953] 1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Animals (Diseases) (Prevention of Trypanosomiasis) Regulations. 2. Definition In these regulations “vehicle” includes any form of cycle, a motor cycle or autocycle. 3. Establishment of control posts (1) The Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, establish control posts for the purpose of these regulations on any highway. (2) The notice establishing a control post shall state whether vehicles travelling in either direction, or vehicles travelling in one direction only, are to be controlled. 4. Provisions relating to control posts (1) An officer of the Sleeping Sickness and Tsetse Control Division of the Ministry of Health or of the Veterinary Division of the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources shall be in charge of every control post.[Reg. 51 of 1953.] (2) Every control post shall be marked by a distinguishing traffic sign, of a type to be approved by the Commissioner, and there shall, in addition, be placed a warning traffic sign similarly approved at a distance of not less than one hundred and not more than two hundred yards on each side of the control post: Provided that if vehicles travelling in one direction only are controlled, a warning traffic sign shall not be erected on the side of the control post from which the vehicles which are not controlled come. 5. Power to stop and examine vehicles (1) Where a control post has been established any police officer or the officer in charge of the control post shall require any vehicle about to pass the control post during the hours of daylight in a direction which makes it subject to control to be stopped, and shall examine it in order to ensure that no tsetse fly (glossina) is on or in the vehicle. (2) For the purpose of the examination aforesaid any police officer or the officer in charge of the control post may— (a) require any person travelling in or upon the vehicle to dismount, and may examine the exposed parts of the body and the exterior clothing of any such person; (b) enter and inspect the vehicle and require any closed part of the vehicle to be opened. 6. Destruction of tsetse fly When a vehicle has been stopped in accordance with the provisions of regulation 5 the officer in charge of the control post may take such action as he may deem necessary to ensure that no tsetse fly is carried in or on the vehicle and in particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, may spray or cause to be sprayed both the inside and the outside of the vehicle with an insecticide. 7. Effect of traffic signs Where traffic signs have been erected in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) of regulation 4, the driver of any vehicle which passes such a traffic sign shall be deemed to have been required to stop the vehicle at the control post for the purposes of regulation 5. 8. Penalties Any driver of or rider in or upon a vehicle who omits to stop when required to do so, and any person who— (a) omits to comply with any requirement lawfully made under these regulations; or (b) obstructs any persons carrying out any function provided for in these regulations,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding one thousand naira or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and imprisonment. Copyright © 2025 Kwara State. All Rights Reserved.