If in any ¹ [municipal area] any infectious disease amongst horses, dogs, cattle, sheep or goats breaks out, or if the introduction of any such disease appears to be likely, the municipal council shall take all such measures as it deems necessary for the purpose of preventing, meeting, mitigating or suppressing the disease or the outbreak or introduction thereof.

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1. Substituted by Act 36 of 1994 w.e.f. 1.6.1994.