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| (1) The Director shall not recommend the issue of a permit to any person for the import of animal semen or embryo unless such person produces to the Director a certificate from the Chief Veterinary Surgeon or a veterinary surgeon authorized by him in the country of origin of the semen or embryo, certifying that the animal from which the semen or embryo was collected had been free from any disease or infection and had not been in contact with any infected or diseased animal within a period of three months before the date of" collection of the semen or embryo. |
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| (2) The certificate referred to in subsection (1) shall be in the form set out in the Third Schedule hereto. |
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| (3) The importer of animal semen or embryo shall inform the Director in writing of the date and the port or place of arrival of the semen or embryo at least seven days before its arrival. |
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| (4) It shall be lawful for the Director to cause any imported animal semen or embryo to be withdrawn and destroyed if he has sufficient grounds to believe that the use of such semen or embryo would cause infection or disease and the provisions of section 9 shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the destruction of such semen or embryo. |
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| (5) The Director shall cause the herd of animals on which imported semen or embryo is to be used to be under the supervision and control of a veterinary surgeon. It shall be the duty of such veterinary surgeon to report to the Director of any incidence of disease in any animal of the herd on which the imported semen or embryo has been used, within one month of such use. |
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| (6) Where an abortion or still birth occurs in a herd consequent to the use of imported animal semen or embryo it shall be the duty of the veterinary surgeon under whose supervision and control such herd is kept, to forthwith inform the Director or an authorized officer of such occurrence. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts