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(1) No person shall bring into any local area without the permission in writing of the Health Officer, the flesh of any animal slaughtered outside the local area or otherwise than in a slaughter house maintained or licensed by the Government or by a local authority. (2) Any flesh brought into the local area in contravention of sub-section (1) may be seized by the Health Officer or any officer or servant of the local authority authorised by him in this behalf and sell or otherwise dispose of as the Health Officer may direct; and in the case of sale, the sale proceeds shall be credited to the funds of the local authority. (3) Nothing in this section shall apply to --- (a) cured or preserved meat, or (b) flesh or meat carried in course of transit through any local area for consumption outside the limits thereof; or (c) flesh or meat brought into the local area for immediate domestic consumption and not for sale: 69 Provided that the local authority may, by public notice, direct that the provisions of this section shall apply to cured or preserved meat of any specified description or brought from any specified place. Rules