Section 17: Offences of trade animal owner

(1) Any person who-
(a) fails to take any trade animal to a control post or fails to take them by the most direct route as provided by this Act or refuses to obey the instructions of the authorised officer regarding the inspection, treatment or detention of the animals in quarantine, or regarding the disposal of dead animals; or
(b) removes any trade animal from such inspection station or control post without movement permit; or
(c) fails to report the slaughter, death or illness of any trade animal; or
(d) fails to produce a movement permit for inspection when required to do so,
shall be deemed to have contravened the provisions of this Act.
(2) Any person contravening any provisions of this section shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding N100 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days for the first offence and to a fine not exceeding N200 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months for each subsequent offence.