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or carcases, or any portion of any carcase
or carcases of any Cattle are about to be
driven or removed out from any of the
said Infected Districts, to seize the
same and take charge thereof until he
shall be satisfied that no attempt will
be made to drive such Cattle out from
the said Infected District; and it shall
be lawful for any Inspector of the said
districts, or any Police Constable, to
seize any Cattle that have strayed or
been driven out of or from any of the said
Infected Districts, and to take charge
of the same, and to drive or cause to be
driven the said Cattle back into the
district from which they had been
driven; and if such Inspector or Constable shall deem it expedient so to do,
to keep the said Cattle under his control
until the owner or the person having
the right to the possession thereof shall
be found or made known to him.

IX.—In case any person shall wilfully
impede or obstruct any Inspector or
Police Constable acting under the authority of these Regulations, every
person so offending shall be liable to a
penalty of Fifty Pounds.

X.—No Cattle shall be slaughtered within
any of the said Infected Districts for
the purpose of sale or use, except the
same shall have been previously inspected by an Inspector appointed as
aforesaid, and then only upon a Certificate signed by him, that such Cattle do
not appear to be infected; nor shall
any carcase or portion of any carcase
of any Cattle so slaughtered be removed
from any of the said infected Districts,
unless such carcase, or portion of such
carcase shall have previously been inspected by an Inspector, and a certificate in writing given by such Inspector,
stating that such carcase or portion of
carcase is free from disease, and fit for
human food; providing always that the
offal, including horns, hides, hoofs, &c.,
of any Cattle so slaughtered shall be
buried by the owner of such Cattle four
feet deep, within the area of the Infected
District within which such Cattle shall
have been slaughtered; and should any
such offal, or any part thereof, remain unburied as aforesaid for longer than one
hour after slaughter, the owner of such
slaughtered Cattle shall be liable to a
penalty of Five Pounds.

XI.—It shall be lawful for any Inspector
under "The Diseased Cattle Acts,"
with the consent of the Superintendent
of the Province of Canterbury, or, in
his absence, of the Provincial Secretary,
to give notice in writing to the owner
or occupier of any farm or run within
any Infected District upon which he shall
be satisfied that there are infected Cattle,
or Cattle which have mixed with Cattle
which are actually infected, or suspected
to be infected, that no Cattle will from
the date of such notice or order be permitted to be driven off such farm or run

without the written consent of the
Superintendent, or in his absence, of the
Provincial Secretary; and any such
owner or occupier who shall neglect or
disobey such order, or shall suffer any
such cattle to stray; and any person
driving any Cattle from such farm or
run shall be liable to a penalty of Fifty
Pounds for every head of Cattle mentioned in the said notice which shall be
found outside the limits prescribed by
the Inspector.

XII.—When any Cattle have been
ordered to be confined on any farm or
run in accordance with the preceding
Regulation, the Inspector shall have
power to order that a Brand shall be
placed on such Cattle by the owner or
person having charge or possession of
of the said Cattle.

XIII.—When any Cattle have been
ordered to be confined on any farm or
run in accordance with the preceding
Regulation, it shall be lawful to the
Superintendent, or Provincial Secretary
if he shall think fit, to order that the
said Cattle shall be inoculated for the
purpose of preventing Pleuro-pneumonia, and the owner or person having
the custody, charge, or possession of
the said Cattle shall thereupon cause
them to be inoculated; and if the said
owner or person having the custody,
charge, or possession of the said Cattle
shall neglect or refuse to cause the said
Cattle to be inoculated, he shall be
liable to a penalty of Fifty Pounds for
every week during which the said Cattle
shall not be inoculated from and after a
date to be fixed by the Superintendent,
or Provincial Secretary.

XIV.—The Superintendent of Canterbury
or, in his absence, the Provincial Secretary, may give notice in writing that
from and after a day to be named by
him in such notice no Cattle will be
permitted to travel on any road within
such District as may be defined by him
in the said notice within an Infected
District, and such notice shall be published in one or more Newspapers of
the Province, and be posted in such
places within the District as shall be
prescribed by an Inspector under "The
Diseased Cattle Acts."

XV.—If any Cattle be driven into, or be
found straying within, any of the said
Infected Districts, the owner or person
having charge of the same shall be
liable to a penalty of Ten Pounds in
respect of every head of Cattle so
driven or straying; and no such Cattle
shall again be removed from any Infected
District into which they may have been
driven or may have strayed.

XVI.—No Cattle shall be driven into any
sale yard in any Infected District
within the Province of Canterbury
which has been proclaimed in the New
Zealand Gazette, for the purpose of