Section 8:
Powers of veterinary practitioner.
A veterinary practitioner may
(a) cancel any order issued under section 5, 1
*** or
(b) if on microscopical examination 2
or by other scientific test he finds that any horse is
affected with dourine,
(i) in the case of an entire horse, cause it to be castrated,
3
(ii) in the case of a mare, with the previous sanction of such authority as the State
Government may appoint in this behalf, or, if so empowered by the State Government, without
such sanction, cause it to be destroyed.
Notes:
1. The word and letter clause (b) omitted by s. 4.
2. Ins. by s. 4, ibid.
3. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for sub-clause (ii).