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2. If such inspector shall be satisfied that such
   cattle or any of them are actually infected with
   pleuro-pneumonia, he shall forthwith give to the
   owner or the person having the custody, charge, or
   possession of the said cattle, notice of which of the
   said cattle he deems actually infected with such
   disease; and such owner or person aforesaid shall,
   within twenty-four hours after such notice, destroy
   the cattle so deemed infected, and shall forthwith
   bury four feet under ground, or burn the carcasses
   of the cattle so destroyed; and if the owner or
   person having the custody or possession of the
   cattle deemed by the inspector to be infected cannot
   readily be found, or if such owner or person neglect
   to destroy the cattle deemed to be infected after the
   receipt of the notice aforesaid, any inspector for the
   said infected district may seize and destroy or cause
   to be seized and destroyed such cattle so deemed
   infected.

3. If any owner of cattle, or person having the
   custody or charge of cattle, shall, after having
   received such notice as aforesaid, neglect or refuse
   to destroy the same or any of them within twenty-
   four hours after such notice, such owner or person
   aforesaid shall be liable to a fine or penalty of fifty
   pounds for every head of cattle which he shall have
   neglected or refused to destroy.

4. If any owner of cattle, which any such inspector
   as aforesaid has notified to be infected, or if any per-
   son having the custody, care, or possession of any
   such cattle, shall, after the same, or any of them have
   been destroyed, neglect or refuse to bury, four feet
   under ground, or burn the carcases thereof, within
   twenty-four hours after the destruction thereof, such
   owner or person aforesaid shall be liable to a penalty
   of ten pounds for every carcass which he shall neglect
   or refuse to bury or burn.

5. If any inspector appointed under these regula-
   tions or otherwise, under "The Diseased Cattle Act,
   1861," or "The Diseased Cattle Act Amendment
   Act, 1865," shall suspect that any cattle within the
   said infected district are infected with pleuro-
   pneumonia, but shall not be satisfied that such cattle
   are actually infected, he may, if he thinks fit, give to
   the owner, or the person having custody, charge, or
   possession of such cattle, notice in writing of what
   cattle he suspects to be infected with pleuro-
   pneumonia, and shall in and by such notice order
   and require such owner, or person having the
   custody, charge, or possession of such cattle, to
   drive, or cause to be driven, the cattle mentioned in
   the said notice, to such place within the said in-
   fected district, as such inspector shall think fit; and
   such inspector may, in and by such notice, direct and
   fix by what roads and route the said cattle shall be
   driven; and if any person, being the owner of any
   cattle, or having in his custody, care, or possession,
   any cattle within the said infected district, shall, after
   the expiration of forty-eight hours after such last-
   mentioned notice has been served upon him, or left
   at his usual place of business or residence, neglect
   or refuse to obey such order, or shall neglect or
   refuse to drive or cause to be driven, the cattle
   mentioned in the said notice, to the place and by the
   roads or route directed and fixed on by the said
   notice, such person shall be liable to a penalty of ten
   pounds for every head of cattle included in such
   last-mentioned notice; and after the expiration of
   the said period of forty-eight hours, it shall be lawful
   for any such inspector, if such owner or person, as
   aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to obey such order,
   to seize and take into his possession the cattle
   included in such notice, and drive or cause to be
   driven, the said cattle, to the place and by the roads
   and route mentioned and fixed in the said notice.

6. The inspector of diseased cattle under these
   regulations and under said Acts, shall forthwith
   cause to be publicly posted or exhibited at and about
   all the main thoroughfares leading into the said
   infected district, notices that the said infected dis-
   trict has been proclaimed and declared infected.

7. If any person shall drive or remove or cause to
   be driven or removed or assist in driving or removing
   any cattle or any carcass or carcasses or any portion
   of any carcass or carcasses of any cattle out from the
   said infected district, such person shall be liable to a
   fine of fifty pounds for every head of such cattle or
   carcass so driven out or removed from the said
   infected district. And if any cattle stray out of or
   from the said infected district into a district not
   proclaimed to be infected, the owner or person having
   the care or possession of such cattle shall be liable to
   a fine of one pound for every head of cattle which
   shall have so strayed out of such district.

8. It shall be lawful for any inspector appointed
   as aforesaid, or any police constable having any
   reasonable grounds to suspect that any cattle
   or any carcass or carcasses, or any portion of
   any carcass or carcasses of any cattle are about
   to be driven or removed out from the said in-
   fected district, 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 district, or any police constable,
   to seize any cattle that have strayed or been driven
   out of or from the said infected district, 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.

9. In case any person shall wilfully impede or
   obstruct any inspector, or any police constable acting
   under the authority of these regulations, every per-
   son so offending may be taken before two Justices of
   the Peace, and shall be liable to a penalty of fifty
   pounds.

10. No cattle shall be slaughtered for the purpose
    of sale or use within the infected district, except the
    same shall have been previously inspected by the
    inspector appointed under these regulations or
    otherwise, and then only upon a certificate signed by
    him, that such cattle do not appear to be infected.
    And if any person shall be guilty of any breach of
    this regulation he shall be liable to a penalty of fifty
    pounds.

11. It shall be lawful for any inspector under the
    Diseased Cattle Acts, with the consent of the Super-
    intendent 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
    assent 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.

12. 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