CAP. 168]
Pound breach. [cf 1847 c. 89, s. 26.]
Pounds
[1977 Ed.
(2) If the expenses of impounding and keeping the animal and of the publication in the Gazette and the pound fee are not paid within 7 days after the said publication, it shall be lawful for the Director to cause the animal to be sold either by private treaty or by public auction as he may think fit, and the purchaser thereof shall acquire a good title. If the animal is unsaleable, or if in the opinion of the Director it is an unsaleable animal, it may be destroyed or otherwise disposed of as he may direct. (Amended, 51 of 1911; 17 of 1912, Schedule and 43 of 1912, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 246/13, and 3 of 1977, s. 5)
(3) The money arising from such sale, after deducting the above-mentioned expenses and fee and the expenses of the sale, shall be paid on demand to the owner of the animal:
Provided that if such demand is not made within 1 month after the sale all right to make it shall cease and the money shall be paid into the general revenue. (Amended, 50 of 1911; 21 of 1912, s. 2)
5. Any person who releases or attempts to release any animal from any place where it has been impounded, or who pulls down, damages or destroys such place or any part thereof with intent to procure the release of such animal, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Amended, 3 of 1977, s. 6)