Cattle Importation Act 1861 (SA)

ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO ET VICESIMO QUINTO

No. 12.

An Act to emble the Gorernor to prevent the importation of Cattle into South Australia, under certain circumstances, andjbr other pwposes.

[Assented to, ILD th Novrinbcr, l861 .]

HEREAS certain fatal and contrrgious discascs sometimes Preamble.

W prevail amongst cattle, and it is desirable to pmrcut the	spread of such diseases amongst the cattle in the Province of South
Australia, and for that purpose to prevent the importation of cattle into the said Province from any place where auy such con- tagious or fatal. diseases prevail, and to make the provisious here* inafter contained-Be it therefore Enacted, by the Governor-in- Chief of the Province of South Australia, with the advicc and consent of the Legislative Council arxd House of Assembly of the
said Province, in this present Parliament assembled, as follows:

Council, by Proclamation in the South Australian Government	tion of cattle,
Gazette, to prohiLit the introduction or importation of any cattle,
or any particular description of cattle into the said Province from such places, and dwing such time, as shall be set forth in any such Proclamation. and to alter or revoke any such Froclamation; and
if, during the time when any such Proclamation shall be in force,
any person shall import or iatroducc into the said Province any
cattle, or shall cause, suffcr, or permit any such cattle to be landed in
the said Province, or driven over the boundary of any other Colony
or Province into the said Province, in opposition to the terms of

1. It shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time, and at	clamation, may
Governor, by Pro-

any time hereafter, with the advice and consent of the Executive p~ohibit the importa-

any such Proclamation, such person shall be liable to a fine not

exceeding Five Hundred Pounds, and also to be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for any period not exceeding six calendar months, a d such cattle shall be forfeited to Her Mhjesty.

Diaemed cattle map	2. Any cattle infected with any contagious disease may, during the period when any such Proclamation shall be in force, be shot or otherwise destroyed by any Constable, Crown Lands Ranger, or other person duly authorized by the Conirnissioner of Crown Lands.
be destroyed.

P e ~ n ~ o f f e n d i n ~ m a ~ 3. Any person offending apinst the provisions of this Act, or of any Proclamation issued i n pursuance of this Act, may be appre- hended by any person, and taken bcfore the nearest Justice of the Peace for the said Province.

beapprehended by	any
person.

SUmmar~pmceaure* 4. All proceedings under this Act may be taken in a sununary way before any two or Iilorc of IIcr Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said Province.

Iaterpretstion. 5. The word "Cattle" shall exlerld to and i~icluclc horses, h o ~ ~ ~ d

cattle, and sheep of wllatever age or sex.

Jndemnitp clatwe.	6. And whereas the Commissioiier of Crown Lands did, on the tweuty-first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, give instructions that 120 cattlc sliould be allowed to enter the paid Province, from the Colonies of New South Wales and Victoria, or either of them; and that, if any cattle had entered the said Proviilce as aforesaid, on or since the said tweutieth day of September, they should be driven out of the said Province; and that, if the said cattle could not be driven out as aforesaid, then that any of the said cattle that might be found to be affected with the disease known as pleuro-pneumonia might be shot, or otherwise desltroyed: Be it further enacted, that the said Commissioner of Crown Lauds, all Officers of Police, Crown Lands Rangers,'and other
persons who may have been aiding the said Officers of Police and
indemnified and protected against any action, claim, or damages, Crown Lands Rangers, shall not be Iiable to, and are hereby
to which he, they, or any of them, might otherwise Irsve been liable by reason of giving or carrying into effect the said instructions, or any of them, or by reason of any act bonic jide done under eolor of
such instructions.

In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent to

this Act.

RICI-IARI) GRAVES MACDONNELL,

Governor. '

Government House, Adelaide,

29 th November, 186 1.

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Adelaide : Printed by authority, by W, C, Cox, Government Printer, Yiotoria-square.