Every person who himself, or by means of any agent or servant, lands or causes to be landed in any district from any ship, boat, or other vessel coming from any of the Australasian Colonies, other than New Zealand, any sheep whatever, unless such person has received a declaration from the owner of such sheep, and a certificate by an Inspector of Stock, or a qualified veterinary surgeon at the port from which such sheep were shipped, that they are not infected, and page 13had not during the next preceding twelve months been infected, and that they are from a colony in which scab does not exist and has not existed within the next preceding two years, is liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds; and for every day during which such sheep so landed in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be driven, depastured, or suffered to stray within any district, the owner thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds.

The aforesaid declaration and certificate may be lodged with the Inspector of the district in which the sheep were landed, and if not so lodged shall, at any time within six months after the date thereof, be produced by the owner of such sheep to any Inspector, Justice of the Peace, constable, or sheepowner demanding the same, under a penalty of five pounds.