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1 Section 3(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting “ons thousand dollars" and substituting the following-
*$5000".
4. Section 4 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) ja subsection (1) by inserting after “Any senior veterinary officer,"
the following-
"any other officer of the Agriculture and Fisheries Depart- ment of the grade of Field Officer II and above and authorized in writing by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries.";
(6) by inserting after subsection (1) the following-
"(LA) (0) Any person (hereinafter referred to as an arrested person) who is arrested under this section by a person other than a police officer, shall forthwith be taken to the nearest police station or given into the custody of a police officer.
(6) Whenever an farrested person is brought to a police station the provisions of section 52 of the Police Force Ordinance shall apply.
(c) Whenever an arrested person ja given into the custody of a police officer the provisions of sections 51 and 52 of the Police Force Ordinance shall apply."; and
(c) in subsection (4)-
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(i) by deleting "Any such officer or inspector" and substituting the following-
"Any senior veterinary officer, health officer, bealth inspector or police officer"; and
(i) by inserting after "building" the following-
vehicle, train, tram, aircraft”.
Section 5 of the principal Ordinance is amended (a) by inserting after subsection (2) the following-
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(ZA) (0) If the owner of any animal is convicted of an offence under section 3 the magistrate may, in addition to any other penalty or order be may impose or make, make an order depriving such owner of the ownership of the animal and may make such order as to the disposal of the animal as he may think fit.
(b) No order shall be made under paragraph (a) unless it is shown by evidence as to a previous conviction or as to the character of the owner that the animal, if left with the owner, is likely to be exposed to further cruelty."; and
(b) in subsection (4) by deleting "one thousand dollars" and sub-
stituting the following-
Amendment of
6.
Section 6.
**55000".
Section 6 of the principal Ordinance is amended-
(a) in paragraph (b) by deleting the comma at the end and substitul-
ing the following-
(b) by inserting after paragraph (b) the following-
"(c) that an animal, whether injured or otherwise, is trapped in such a position as to reader it impracticable to effect a rescue and it is contrary to public health or safety to keep it alive or where an animal is trapped in such a position that there is no possibility of removing it without cruelty and it is cruel to keep it alive,”.
7. Section 801) of the principal Ordinance is amended
(a) by inserting after "yeskel" the following-
trafo, trom, aircraft";
(6) by deleting "five hundred dollars" and substituting the following-
"$2 000"'; and
(c) by deleting "fifty dollars” and substituting the following--
**$200**.
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 18th day of July, 1979.
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Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bi.
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
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