THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1st JULY, 1893.
No. 9 of 1893.
An Ordinance enacted by the Governor of Hong- kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, to make provision for regulating the keeping of dogs and for the prevention of the importation and spread of rabies.
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WILLIAM ROBINSON,
Governor.
[26th June, 1893.]
Which dogs may be kept in this Colony should be HEREAS it is expedient that the conditions under
duly regulated and that the importation and spread of rabies should be prevented :
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows :---
1. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as The Dogs Ordinance, 1893.
2. In this Ordinance the following terms shall have or shall include the respective meanings hereinafter assigned to them, that is to say :--
"Owner" shall include the person in charge or
apparently in charge of any dog where the real owner is not in the Colony or cannot be readily ascertained.
Dog" shall include the male and female animal but shall not include puppies under the age of three months.
3. No person shall keep a dog in this Colony without a licence from the Captain Superintendent of Police. The fee payable for each dog included in such licence shall be one dollar and a half; but no fee shall be payable for any dog kept by an agriculturist in any outlying district in cases where it is shewn to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police that such dog is kept solely as a watch dog and is necessary for that purpose.
All licences shall expire on the 31st day of December of the year in which they are respectively taken out.
4. With each licence, the Captain Superintendent of Police shall, without extra fee, issue, for each dog in- cluded in such licence, a metal badge duly numbered. Such badge shall be worn by the dog either attached to its collar or otherwise fastened on to its neck,
5. The Governor in Council may from time to time make, and when made revoke or vary, such Regulations as may seem to the Governor in Council necessary or expedient for enforcing under penalties not exceeding ten dollars prompt report being made to the Police of all cases of rabies or suspected rabies and for prescribing the conditions under and in accordance with which dogs may be kept in this Colony or allowed to go abroad in the public thorough- fares or elsewhere, and for seizing, detaining, destroying or otherwise dealing with, or disposing of any dogs kept or allowed to go abroad, otherwise than under and in accord- ance with such conditions.
6. The contravention of any enactment of this Ordi- nance or of any Regulation made thereunder shall be an offence punishable on summary conviction before a Magis- trate by a fine not exceeding ten dollars and with imprison- ment in default of payment.
7. If any person obstructs or impedes or assists in ob- strueting or impeding any constable or officer of Poliec in the enforcement of this Ordinance or any Regulations made thereunder he may be apprehended by such officer or con- stable without warrant.
8. This Ordinance shall come into force on and from such date as shall be named in a Proclamation by the Governor to be published in the Government Gazette.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 19th day of June, 1893.
ARATHOON SETH, Clerk of Councils.
Assented to by His Excellency the Governor, the 26th day of June, 1893,
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary,
Short title.
Interpreta- tion.
Dog licence.
Numbered badges to be
worn.
Regulations.
Offences.
Obstructing officers, &c.
Suspending clause.
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