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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 8, 1915.

Detention and Isolation of Imported Dogs.

2.-(1.) An imported dog shall, for a period of four calendar months after its land- ing, be detained and isolated at the expense of its owner upon premises in the occupa- tion, or under the control, of a veterinary surgeon, which shall have been previously approved in writing by the Board for that purpose, and such premises are in this Order referred to as the "place of detention.

(2.) During the said period the dog shall not be moved from the place of detention except to another place of detention or to a vessel for exportation, and in either case only with a licence of the Board authorising such movement.

(3.) This Article shall apply to (a) an imported dog which is shown to the satis- faction of the Board to be a bona fide performing dog, or (b) an imported dog which is intended to be exported from Great Britain within forty-eight hours after its landing, only so far as its provisions are applied by way of conditions inserted in the licence authorising the landing of the dog.

Conditions of Licence.

3. The Board may insert in any licence granted by them under this Order author- ising the landing of an imported dog such conditions as they think necessary or desirable for the following purposes:

(i.) for prescribing and regulating the detention and isolation of the dog so

far as the same is not prescribed and regulated by this Order;

(ii.) for prescribing the person by whom and the premises on which the dog

shall be detained and isolated;

(iii.) for regulating the movement of the dog to the place of detention, or vessel for exportation, and for prohibiting or regulating its movement during a period of four calendar months after its landing, or until its exportation, as the case may be;

(iv.) for prescribing the confinement of the dog in a suitable hamper, crate, box, or other receptacle during the movement of the dog by railway, or along a highway or thoroughfare;

(v.) for prescribing the mode of isolation of the dog;

(vi.) for prescribing the muzzling of the dog;

(vii.) for prescribing the notice to be given of the death or loss of the dog, or of any matter arising in connection with the movement, detention, or isolation of the dog and the persons by whom and to whom the notice is to be given; and

(viii.) for prescribing the production of a licence for inspection by an officer of

the Board, or police constable, or officer of Customs and Excise.

Notice of Detention in case of Illegal Landing.

4.-(1.) Where an Inspector or other Officer of the Board, or of a Local Authority, has reason to believe that a dog has been landed in contravention of this Order or of any Order hereby revoked, he may give notice to the owner or person in charge of the dog requiring that, within a time specified in such notice, the dog shall be moved (a) to a vessel for exportation, or (b) to a place of detention for the purpose of detention and isolation in accordance with the provisions of such notice.

(2.) Such provisions may be inserted in the notice as the Board may think necessary or desirable for any of the purposes mentioned in the preceding Article.

(3.) The operation of a notice under this Article may be terminated by notice to that effect given by an Inspector or other Officer of the Board or of the Local Authority to the owner or person in charge of the dog, on proof to the satisfaction of the Inspector or Officer that the dog was not landed in contravention of the said Orders, or that four calendar months have expired since its landing.

(4.) If the owner or person in charge of the dog, after receipt of such notice, fails to move the dog as required by the notice, he shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the Act of 1894.