Animal Identification Act, 2002 (Act No. 6 of 2002)7. Duties of owners of animals |
| (1) | Each owner of animals must— |
| (a) | apply for registration of an identification mark in terms of section 5(1); |
| (b) | mark his or her animals in the prescribed manner; |
| (c) | where an identification mark on an animal is invisible or indistinct, mark the animal clearly with his or her identification mark, within 14 days after he or she is directed to do so by the registrar, an authorised person, an officer or a police official; and |
| (d) | notify the registrar in writing of any changes of his or her address. |
| (2) | No person may— |
| (a) | within 14 days of the date on which he or she becomes the owner of an animal with an identification mark, sell, barter, give away or in any other manner dispose of that animal to another person, unless he or she furnishes a document of identification to the person who acquires that animal; or |
| (b) | after 14 days of the date on which he or she becomes the owner of an animal, sell, barter, give away or in any other manner dispose of that animal unless— |
| (i) | such animal has been marked in the prescribed manner with the identification mark of the owner disposing of that animal; and |
| (ii) | he or she furnishes the person acquiring that animal with a document of identification. |
| (3) | A person acquiring an animal from a person disposing of an animal as contemplated in subsection (2) must retain the document of identification obtained from that person for a period of one year. |