1977 Ed.]
Pounds
CHAPTER 168
POUNDS
[CAP. 168
1
To make provision for impounding stray animals and for the disposal thereof.
Originally 54 of 1911. (Cap. 168, 1950.)
50 of 1911.
[1st December, 1911.]
51 of 1911.
16 of 1912.
17 of 1912.
21 of 1912.
43 of 1912.
5 of 1924.
18 of 1929.
25 of 1937.
33 of 1939.
3 of 1977.
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Pounds Ordinance. (Amended, 5 of 1924, s. 6)
1A. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires---
"Director" means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Deputy Director of Agriculture and Fisheries and any Assistant Director of Agriculture and Fisheries;
"officer" means-
(a) any officer of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department authorized in writing for the purposes of this Ordinance by the Director; and
(b) any police officer.
(Added, 3 of 1977, s. 2)
Short title.
Interpretation.
stray animal. [cf. 1847 c. 89, s. 24.]
2. Any animal found at large without any person having the charge thereof, and which in the opinion of any officer appears to have been lost or to be doing damage, may be seized by such officer and impounded in any convenient place, and may be detained therein until the owner thereof has paid to the Director the reasonable expenses of impounding and keeping such animal, together with the pound fee.
(Amended, 50 of 1911; 51 of 1911: 16 of 1912, Schedule; 17 of 1912, Schedule, 33 of 1939, Schedule, and 3 of 1977, s. 3)
3. The Governor in Council may by regulation provide for pound fees for animals generally or for any particular class of animal.
(Amended, 51 of 1911; 17 of 1912, Schedule, and 43 of 1912, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 246/13, and 3 of 1977, s. 4)
4. (1) If the said expenses and pound fee be not paid within 3 days after such impounding, notice of the intention to sell the animal shall be published in the Gazette.
Pound fees.
Power to sell impounded animals.
[cf. 1847 c. 89, s. 25.)