40. Prohibited sale of animals: No person may sell in an establishment an incurable animal or an animal affected with a contagious disease and declared as such by a veterinary surgeon inspector at the time of entry of such animal in the establishment.
The animal is then seized by such inspector and directed to a slaughterhouse where a release is granted depending on the results of the ante mortem or post mortem examination.
If such animal cannot be slaughtered in a slaughterhouse, it must be slaughtered by its owner and directed to a dismembering plant where a release is granted.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. P-42, r. 4, s. 40.