ANIMALS (CONTROL OF IMPORTATION) ORDINANCE * (controlofimportation)

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ANIMALS (CONTROL OF IMPORTATION)

ORDINANCE *

To make provision for the control of the importation of certain animals.

(6th February, 1935) †

Enacted by ORDINANCE IV of 1935, as amended by Legal Notice 4 of

1963.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Animals (Control of

Importation) Ordinance.

The Minister responsible for agriculture may, whenever he

thinks it expedient so to do for the protection of animal husbandry

in Malta, make and, when made, vary or repeal, regulations for

prohibiting or otherwise restricting and controlling the importation

of animals or of any specified kind of animals into Malta.

If any person lands or attempts to land any animal in

contravention of any regulation made by the Minister responsible

for agriculture under the last preceding article, he shall be liable to

the penalties imposed on persons importing or attempting to import

goods the importation of which is prohibited by the Customs

Ordinance and the animals in respect of which the offence is

committed shall be forfeited.

*This Ordinance has been repealed by Act XV of 2025.

†See Proclamation No. IV of the 6th of February, 1935.