Dogs and Cats.
DOGS AND CATS.
DOGS AND CATS REGULATIONS.
(Cap. 167, section 3).
(Ordinance No. 1 of 1950).
[13th January, 1950.]
[CAP. 167
G.N.A. 10/50.
G.N.A. 34/50. G.N.A. 79/51.
1. These regulations may be cited as the Dogs and Cats Regulations.
2. In these regulations—
Interpretation.
“approved observation kennels” means any place which the Governor has by notification in the Gazette declared to be a place in which dogs or cats may be kept for observation for the purposes of the Dogs and Cats Ordinance (Cap. 167) and these regulations;
“District Commissioner” has the meaning assigned to it by the New Territories Ordinance;
“licensing authority” means so far as concerns the New Territories the District Commissioner and for all other purposes means the Commissioner of Police; “local vessel” includes any vessel from time to time in the waters of the Colony other than ocean-going ships and includes ocean-going ships if travelling exclusively between Hong Kong and ports in China;
“quarantine station” means any place for the time being set apart under the direction of the Governor for the quarantine of dogs or cats;
“quarantine permit” means a permit by the veterinary officer solely for the purposes of enabling a dog or cat which is to be or which has been imported into the Colony to be taken to a quarantine station; “urban areas of the New Territories” means the several areas specified in the Schedule and as regards each particular area means such area as delimited on a plan thereof deposited in the office of the District Commissioner and identified by the words “urban area for the purposes of the Dogs and Cats Regulations” together with the signature of the District Commissioner.
3.
(Cap. 97.)
No person shall keep a dog over the age of three months except under and in accordance with a licence from
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