This Act makes provision for the licensing of cattle traders, i.e. any person engaged in the business of purchasing cattle for the purposes of resale or slaughter. An application for a cattle trader’s licence shall be made in the prescribed form to a veterinary officer in the area in which the applicant intends to carry on business as a cattle trader. Exportation of cattle requires a licence from the Commissioner of Livestock and Entomology. The Minister may, on the advice of this public officer