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Livestock Improvement Act (Cap. 71:01).

Country/Territory
Guyana
Document type
Legislation
Date
1949 (1997)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Laws of Guyana.
Long title
An 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