Livestock Improvement Act (Cap. 71:01). Country/Territory Guyana Document type Legislation Date 1949 (1997) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Guyana. Long titleAn Act to make provision for the improvement of livestock, and for purposes connected therewith Subject Livestock Keyword Animal reproduction Cattle Certification Registration Geographical area Amazonia, Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States, South America Abstract This Act provides for the registration and inspection of bulls, stallions, jacks, boars, ram or buck in breeding age. The Register shall be kept by the Chief Agricultural Officer. Animals that have obtained a certificate pursuant to section 5 shall be registered in the Register with distinctive number or mark for each animal. The registration and inspection of the animal in order to obtain certification shall be carried out on request of the owner of the animal. The Chief Agricultural Officer may cancel a certification and eradiate an animal from the register “for sufficient cause”. Registered animals may be inspected by the Chief Agricultural Officer or inspectors designated by the Chief Agricultural Officer under this Act. Other provisions of the Act deal with changes in the Register and prescribe offences. Full text English Website legalaffairs.gov.gy