CAP. 167]
Prohibition of obstruction to detention, etc.
Dogs and Cats.
[1967 Ed.
(b) forcibly enter any vessel or aircraft which he is empowered by this section to board and search;
(c) detain any person found in any such premises or place or on board any such vessel or aircraft until the same has been searched;
(d) remove by force any person or thing obstructing any search, inspection, seizure, removal or detention which he is empowered by or under this section to make.
(3) If a veterinary officer has reason to believe that a dog or cat has been or may have been in contact with a rabid dog or cat or a dog or cat which may be rabid, he may shoot or otherwise destroy the dog or cat or cause the same to be shot or otherwise destroyed.
(4) No premises or place used solely for dwelling purposes shall be entered or searched under sub-paragraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) except pursuant to the warrant of a magistrate issued under subsection (5).
(5) If a magistrate is satisfied by information on oath that any police officer, or any officer of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department authorized in writing for the purposes of this section by the Director, has reason to believe that there is in any premises or place used solely for dwelling purposes 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, he may issue a warrant authorizing any police officer, or any officer of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department authorized in writing for the purposes of this section by the Director, to enter and search such premises or place.
(Replaced, 61 of 1967, s. 5)
7. Any person who obstructs any detention, arrest, search, seizure, removal, killing or destruction authorized by or under this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.