Any person who—
| (b) | has in his or her possession an animal marked not in accordance with or in a manner allowed by this Act; |
| (d) | sells to any person an animal on which an identification mark has been altered, mutilated or cancelled; |
| (e) | sells to any person an animal of which an ear has been cut off; |
| (g) | fails or refuses to produce, when required in terms of this Act by the registrar or a police official to do so, any livestock or other thing in his or her possession or under his or her control; |
| (i) | fails to comply with or contravenes any provision of section 7; |
| (j) | in any application made in terms of this Act, makes or causes to be made a statement which is false; |
| (k) | falsely holds himself or herself out to be the registrar or an authorised person; or |
| (l) | marks animals for financial gain without being registered as a marking operator, |
is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine and such imprisonment.
