Section 10, *(Act No. 20 of 1973)*

(1) No butcher, assistant butcher, attendant or anyone concerned with the slaughtering of animals shall be allowed to slaughter any animal or enter the slaughter house or the slaughter house precincts, without a health certificate which may be obtained from any Medical Practitioner. (2) A health certificate shall be valid for a period of one year unless cancelled sooner by the Medical Officer of Health and must be produced when required by the Medical Officer of Health or any official of the Health Branch of the Medical Department. (3) The Medical Officer of Health may at any time examine any butcher, assistant butcher, attendant, or anyone required to be in possession of a health certificate and may on such examination cancel conditionally or otherwise such certificate if he finds any such person medically unfit to be admitted to the slaughter house. [Margin: Examination and certification of fitness for consumption.]