2902

It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to (a) slaughter any animal or animals in the Virgin Islands except at government-controlled slaughterhouses if the animal or animals so slaughtered or any parts thereof are to be sold, bartered or exchanged; (b) arrange for the slaughter of any animal or animals except at the government-controlled slaughterhouses if the animal or animals to be slaughtered or any parts thereof are to be sold, bartered or exchanged or (c) sell, barter or exchange any animal or animals slaughtered outside the government-controlled slaughterhouses.\nThis section shall not apply to any individual who slaughters an animal or animals solely for his own consumption or for the consumption of his immediate household, or as a gratuity, or to any individual who slaughters animals on the Island of St. John.