1967 Ed.]
5.
Dogs and Cats.
[CAP. 167
(1) If it appears to a magistrate on complaint that any dog is dangerous and is not kept under proper control, the magistrate may make an order that the said dog be either destroyed or kept under proper control.
(2) Such order may be made either against the owner or against any person appearing to have the custody, control or care of the dog.
(3) If the person against whom the order is made fails to comply therewith he shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars for every day on which he fails to comply therewith.
6. (1) Any police officer, or any officer of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department authorized in writing for the purposes of this section by the Director, may—
(a) subject to subsection (4), enter and search any premises or place, or board and search any vessel or aircraft, in which he has reason to believe there is-
(i) a rabid dog or cat or a dog or cat which may be rabid;
(ii) a dog or cat which has been or may have been in contact with a rabid dog or cat or a dog or cat which may be rabid;
(iii) a dog or cat which has bitten any person;
(iv) evidence of a contravention of any provision of this Ordinance relating to the importation, movement or slaughter of dogs or cats or the sale or use of the flesh of dogs or cats;
(b) seize, shoot or otherwise destroy-
(i) any dog or cat which appears to him to be rabid or suffering from any other infectious disease; or
(ii) any dog which appears to him to be neither licensed nor under the control of any person;
(c) inspect, seize, remove and detain any dog or cat in respect of which it appears to him that any provision of this Ordinance relating to the importation of dogs or cats has been contravened;
(d) inspect, seize, remove and detain the carcase or flesh of any dog or cat which it appears to him has been slaughtered, sold or used in contravention of any provision of this Ordinance.
(2) Any police officer or any officer of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department may-
(a) break open any outer or inner door of any premises or place which he is empowered to enter and search by or under this section;
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Dangerous dogs.
[cf. 34 & 35 Vict. c. 56, s. 2.]
Powers of police officers and authorized officers.