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132BU PDFTitle:SLAUGHTERHOUSES REGULATIONGazette Number:L.N. 320 of 1999
Section:18Heading:Method of killingVersion Date:01/01/2000

(1) Subject to subsection (2), no licensee shall permit the killing of a food animal in his licensed slaughterhouse unless the food animal has first been rendered unconscious by means of a captive bolt pistol or electric stunner in proper repair and working order or by any other means which have been approved by the Director.
(2) The Director may authorize the slaughter of a food animal in a licensed slaughterhouse by any method specially required by any religion and no licensee shall deny a religious community such slaughtering facilities.

(Enacted 1991. 78 of 1999 s. 7)