Dogs and Cats.
16. The owners, charterers or agents of any vessel which arrives in the waters of the Colony having on board any dog or cat consigned to or intended for any person in the Colony shall report the arrival of such dog or cat forthwith to the veterinary officer, giving the name and address of the owner or consignee of such dog or cat and the description of such dog or cat.
17. The master of any such vessel which arrives in the waters of the Colony shall not permit any dog or cat to be removed from such vessel until there has been produced to him a permit to import or a quarantine permit issued by the veterinary officer in respect of such dog or cat.
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Duty to report arrival of dog or cat in waters of Colony.
Duty of master to call for quarantine or import permit.
Duty of owners, charterers, agents and captain in the event of dogs and cats arriving by aircraft.
18. The owners, charterers or agents of any aircraft and the captain of any aircraft landing in the Colony shall not permit any dog or cat to be removed from such aircraft except to a place of safe custody provided by such owners, charterers, agents or captain within the airport until there has been produced to him or them a permit to import or a quarantine permit issued by the veterinary officer in respect of such dog or cat.
19. The owner or person having the custody, control or care of any dog or cat in respect of which he has received a quarantine permit shall at his own expense immediately after receiving such permit take such dog or cat to a quarantine station to be detained there for such period as the veterinary officer may prescribe.
Dogs and cats to go to quarantine station when permit issued.
20. The fee payable by the owner of any dog or cat while in a quarantine station shall be in accordance with such scale of fees as the Governor may by notification in the Gazette prescribe. All fees shall be payable at the end of each month at the latest, and in any case before the removal of the dog or cat from a quarantine station. The veterinary officer may destroy any dog or cat in respect of which the fees remain unpaid for a period of fifteen days after becoming due, without prejudice to the recovery from the owner of all fees and other sums due, or may sell such dog or cat and out of the proceeds of sale thereof defray the amount of such fees.
Payment and recovery of fees in respect of detention in a quarantine station.
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