Part 1, **The Public Health (Amendment) Act, 1970**

3 Assented to in Her Majesty's name this *11th* day of *February, 1971.* BANJA TEJAN-SIE, *Governor-General.* (LS) No. 24 [Coat of arms: UNITY FREEDOM JUSTICE] Sierra Leone 1970 **The Public Health (Amendment) Act, 1970** [Margin: Short title.] [*18th February, 1970.*] [Margin: Date of commencement.] BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:— [Margin: Amendment of section 2 of Act No. 23 of 1960.] **1.** Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended— (*a*) by the insertion of the following new definition immediately before the definition of the word "cesspool"— "" animal " includes cattle, pig, goat, poultry or any other animal intended for human consumption; "; and 4 No. 24 *Public Health (Amendment)* 1970 (*b*) by the addition of the word " measles " immediately after the word " meningitis, " in the seventh line of the definition of " notifiable disease ". [Margin: Amendment of section 114 (1) of Act No. 23 of 1960.] **2.** Subsection (1) of section 114 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion immediately after the word " goats " in the eighth line of a comma and the word, " poultry ". [Margin: Amendment of section 115 of Act No. 23 of 1960.] **3.** Section 115 of the principal Act is hereby amended— (*a*) by the repeal of the provisos to subsection (1) and replacement thereof by the following new proviso— " Provided that— (*a*) a Health Authority may issue licences to slaughter such animals, otherwise than for sale, to such persons, at such places, and subject to such conditions as the Medical Officer of Health may recommend; (*b*) nothing in this section shall apply to the slaughtering of cows, sheep or goats by Mohammedans for the first four days of the festival of Bairam, and for the first two days of the festival of Ramadan, or to any wild animal or game shot, trapped, or otherwise killed in the bush for food for human consumption; and (*c*) nothing in this section shall apply to the slaughtering of poultry or any other animal for domestic consumption in private compounds.". Passed in the House of Representatives this *11th* day of *August*, the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventy.