§ 4-5-16. Penalty for violation of import requirements.
Any person taking cattle out of, or otherwise breaking, the quarantine provided for in § 4-5-14 or violating any other provision of §§ 4-5-12 — 4-5-15 shall be fined not less than twenty dollars ($20.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100) or be imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days, or both.
History of Section.P.L. 1900, ch. 756, § 4; G.L. 1909, ch. 120, § 19; G.L. 1923, ch. 241, § 19; P.L. 1928, ch. 1135, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 207, § 12; G.L. 1956, § 4-5-16.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 4 - Animals and Animal Husbandry
Chapter 4-5 - Tuberculosis Control
Section 4-5-1. - Report of affected animal — Test.
Section 4-5-2. - Identification of reactors.
Section 4-5-3. - Condemnation of diseased animals.
Section 4-5-4. - Appraisal of condemned animals.
Section 4-5-5. - Sale of carcasses of condemned animals.
Section 4-5-6. - Payment for condemned animals — Prerequisites.
Section 4-5-9. - Animals imported for slaughter.
Section 4-5-14. - Quarantine of imported cattle — Intradermic test.
Section 4-5-15. - Slaughter of infected cattle — Release of cattle free from tuberculosis.
Section 4-5-16. - Penalty for violation of import requirements.
Section 4-5-17. - Willful violations of import requirements.
Section 4-5-18. - Violations by public officers.
Section 4-5-19. - Penalty for violations generally.
Section 4-5-20. - Establishment of tuberculosis-free areas.
Section 4-5-21. - Advertisement of tuberculosis-free areas.
Section 4-5-22. - Administration of tuberculosis-free areas.