The bird olah is subject to me’ilah from when it is consecrated. [Once] it undergoes melikah, it becomes prepared to be disqualified through [contact with] a tevul yom, through [contact with] a mechussar kippurim, or through remaining past its time. [Once] he squeezes out its blood [against the Altar], one is liable on its account for piggul, nossar, or tamei, and it remains subject to me’ilah until it goes out to the place of the ashes.