(e) regulating, restricting or prohibiting the production, sale, distribution or display of informational or educational material relating to infant food, feeding articles or the feeding and nutrition of infants; (f) regulating or restricting the promotion by health workers of the use of any infant food or feeding article; (g) regulating, restricting or prohibiting— (i) the offering or giving, directly or indirectly, by manufacturers or sellers of infant food or feeding articles, of salaries, wages, gifts or other benefits to health workers; and (ii) the receipt by health workers of salaries, wages, gifts or benefits referred to in subparagraph (i); (h) the establishment of one or more committees to approve labels, packages, informational, educational or promotional material and any other matter or thing that may be regulated or restricted in terms of this Part, and the prohibition of the marketing, sale or use of any such label, package, informational, educational or promotional material, matter or thing that has not been so approved; (i) powers of entry, search, seizure, inspection and investigation for the purposes of preventing, detecting or investigating offences in terms of the regulations; (j) the furnishing of returns, particulars and other information by persons who manufacture, market or sell infant food or feeding articles; (k) generally, any matter which, in the opinion of the Minister, will encourage and promote the proper feeding and nutrition of infants. (2) Regulations made in terms of subsection (1) may provide penalties for contraventions thereof: Provided that no such penalty shall exceed a fine of level seven or imprisonment for a period of one year or both such fine and such imprisonment. [Subsection as amended by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001] PART VIII S LAUGHTER-HOUSES 75 Interpretation in Part VIII In this Part— “slaughter-house” includes any abattoir, knacker’s yard, slaughtering poles or place set apart for slaughtering animals, the meat of which is intended for sale. 76 Local authority may license slaughter-houses (1) Subject to any regulations, a local authority may license such slaughter-houses as it from time to time thinks proper within its district. (2) Every licence issued in terms of this section shall expire on the 31st December of the year for which it is issued. (3) Nothing in this section contained shall affect the right of a municipal council or town council to e stablish, erect and maintain its own slaughter-house. 77 Local authority may refuse licences and appeals against refusals (1) A local authority may refuse to grant or renew a licence for a slaughter-house. (2) Any person who is aggrieved by the refusal of a local authority to grant or renew a licence for a slaughter-house may, within thirty days of such refusal, appeal in writing to the Minister. (3) Upon such appeal the Minister may require the local authority to furnish him with the reasons for its action. (4) When any such appeal is noted against the refusal of the local authority to renew a licence, the Minister may, in his discretion, authorize the continued use of the slaughter-house pending his decision on such appeal. (5) The Minister may, after due inquiry, make such order in the matter as he may deem fit and the local authority shall comply with any such order. 78 Licence required for use of premises as slaughter-house (1) No person shall use any premises as a slaughter-house within the district of a local authority unless he is personally licensed in respect of those premises. (2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level seven or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such impriso nment. [Subsection as inserted by section 4 of Act No. 22 of 2001] 79 Cancellation of licence If the holder of a licence for a slaughter-house is convicted of contravening this Act, the local authority which issued the licence may forthwith cancel the licence held by such person. 80 Prohibition against sale of meat which has not been slaughtered in a slaughter-house (1) At the request of a local authority which is a municipal council or town council the Minister shall, by statutory instrument, prohibit within the district of such local authority the sale of fresh meat obtained from ani-

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