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any steamship, vessel or boat, or any carriage, car, truck, horse-box or other 

 vehicle used for the carriage of articles subject to the provisions of this Act, 

 but shall, if required, state in writing the grounds on which he has so entered. 



SEC. 23. Obstructing inspector. Every person who refuses to admit, or who 

 obstructs or impedes, an inspector or other officer acting in execution of this 

 Act, or of any order or regulation made by the Governor in Council or the 

 Minister thereunder, and every person who aids-.tind assists him therein, shall, 

 for every such offence, incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars; 

 and the inspector or other officer may apprehend the offender and take him 

 forthwith before a justice of the peace to be dealt with according to law; 

 but no person so apprehended shall be detained in custody, without the order 

 of the justice, longer than twenty-four hours. 



SEC. 24. Unlawful removal. Every person who moves, or causes or allows 

 to be moved, any animal, or any article hi violation of the provisions of this 

 Act, shall, for every such offence, incur a penalty not exceeding five hundred 

 dollars. 



SEC. 25. Bribery of inspector. The provisions of The Criminal Code respect- 

 ing the bribery and corruption of officials or employees of the Government 

 extend to all Inspectors and other persons appointed to carry out the provisions 

 of this Act. 



SEC. !!<;. Violations of Act. Every person who violates any provision of this 

 Act, or of any regulation made by the Governor in Council or by the Minister 

 under the. authority of this Act, in respect to which no penalty is hereinbefore 

 provided, shall for every such offence, incur a penalty not exceeding five hun- 

 dred dollars. 



SEC. 27. Apprehension of offenders. Any inspector or constable may, without 

 warrant, apprehend any person found committing an offense against the provi- 

 sions of this Act, and shall take any person so apprehended forthwith before a 

 justice of the peace to be examined and dealt with according to law ; but a per- 

 son so apprehended shall not be detained in custody, without the order of a 

 justice, longer than twenty-four hours ; and any inspector or constable may re- 

 quire that any animal or any article moved hi violation of the provisions of 

 this Act be forthwith taken back within the limits of the place whence it was 

 moved, and may enforce and execute such requisition at the expense of the 

 owner of such animal or article. 



SEC. 28. Place of committing of offence. Every offence against this Act, or 

 against any order or regulation of the Governor in Council or of the Minister, 

 shall for the purpose of proceedings under this Act, or of any such order or 

 regulation, be deemed to have been committed, and every cause of complaint 

 under this Act, or any such order or regulation, shall be deemed to have arisen, 

 either in the place in which it actually was committed or arose, or in any place 

 in which the person charged or complained against happens to be. 



SEC. 29. Rcc-overj/ of penalties. Every penalty imposed by this Act shall be 

 recoverable, with costs, before any two justices of the peace, or any magistrate 

 having the powers of two justices of the peace, under Part XV. of The Crim- 

 inal Code. A* amended June 16, 1908. 7-8 Edward VII, ch. 47. 



SEC. 30. Administration of Act. The administration of any part of this Act 

 may be assigned by the Governor in Council to any Minister other than the 

 Minister of Agriculture, and in such case the Minister to whom such assignment 

 is made shall have the same powers with respect to the part of this Act to him 

 assigned as the Minister of Agriculture now has. 



>tsion of operation. The Governor in Council may suspend the 

 operation of any of the sections of this Act until the first day of January next. 



Assented to April 27, 1907. 6-7 Edward VII, ch. 27. 



