6. Whenever any contagious disease has been discovered in an apiary, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food shall cause the necessary measures to be taken to subject the bees in such apiary to appropriate treatment, and, if he deem it necessary, he may order the bees affected, the hives occupied by them and all accessories thereof which cannot be effectually disinfected, to be destroyed in presence of the inspector.
R. S. 1964, c. 128, s. 6; 1973, c. 22, s. 22; 1979, c. 77, s. 21.