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TB IN ID AD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XIX. 3. 



Procedure. 



Burden of 

 Proof. 



Eepeftl. 



Commence- 

 ment. 



(f/) if he throws or places, or causes or suffers to be thrown or 



placed, into or in any river, stream, trench, navigation or other 



water, or into or in the sea within three miles of the shore, 



the carcase of an animal which has died of disease, or been 



slaughtered as diseased or suspected ; 



and on a further conviction within a period of twelve months for a 



second or suheequent offence against the same sub-section of this section 



he shall be liable in the discretion of the Court to be imprisoned for any 



term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour, in lieu of 



the penalty to which he is liable under this Ordinance. 



19. An oftence imder this Ordinance may be prosecuted and any 

 penalty in i-espect thereof may be recovered and any fees, expenses or 

 mone}' made recoverable b^- this Ordinance or any regulation or order 

 thereunder may be recovered before a magistrate in the manner 

 provided by the Summary Conviction Offences (Procedure) Ordinance, 

 1918. 



20. — (1.) "Where the owner or person in charge of an animal is 

 charged with an offence against this Ordinance relative to disease or to 

 any illness of the animal, he shall be presumed to have known of the 

 existence of the disease or illness, unless and until he shows to the 

 satisfaction of the Court that he had not knowledge thereof, and could 

 not with reasonable diligence have obtained that knowledge. 



(2.) Where a person is charged with an offence against this Ordi- 

 nance in not having duly cleansed or disinfected any place, vessel, 

 vehicle or thing belonging to him or under his charge, and a presumption 

 against him on the part of the prosecution is raised, it shall lie on him 

 to prove the due cleansing and disinfection thereof. 



(B.) Every offence against this Ordinance shall be deemed to have 

 been committed, and every cause of complaint or matter for summary 

 proceeding under this Ordinance or regulation or Order of the Governor 

 in Executive Council under this Ordinance shall be deemed to have 

 arisen, either in any place where the same actually was committed or 

 arose or in any place where the person charged or complained of or 

 proceeded against happens to be at the time of the institution or 

 commencement of the charge, complaint or proceeding. 



Repeal and Commencement. 



21. Tlie Animals Importation Ordinance (No. 15H), the Contagious 

 diseases (Animals) Ordinance (No. 154,) and the Contagious Diseases 

 (Animals) Ordinance, 1905, are hereby repealed. 



22. This Ordinance shall commence on a day tj be fixed by the 

 Governor by proclamation in the Boyal Gazette. 



Passed in Council this first day of November in the year of Our 

 Lord one thousand nine hundred and eighteen. 



J. M. FAEFAN, 



Acthuj Clerk of the Coxtnc-il. 



