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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 8, 1915.
Withdrawal of Licence in cases of Default.
5. (1.) If an imported dog is not detained and isolated in conformity with the pro- visions of this Order or of the conditions or provisions of a Licence or Notice issued thereunder, the Board, or an Inspector or other Officer of the Board, may give notice to such owner or person in charge, requiring him to move the dog to a vessel for exporta- tion within a time specified in such notice.
(2.) 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.
Seizure of Dogs in case of Default.
6. (1.) If an imported dog is not detained and isolated as required by this Order or by the conditions or provisions of any licence or notice thereunder, an Inspector of the Board may seize the dog, and thereupon the Board shall detain and isolate it at the place of detention specified in the licence or notice, or any other place of detention selected by them, in accordance with the requirements of this Order or the said conditions or provi- sions, at the expense of the owner of the dog.
(2.) If the owner of the dog does not, within ten days after the expiration of the period of detention specified in this Order or in the licence or notice, claim the said dog from the Board and pay to them their expenses of detaining and isolating the dog, the Board may destroy or otherwise dispose of the dog as they think expedient.
Re-landing prohibited of Imported Dogs moved to Vessels for Exportation.
7. An imported dog which has been moved to a vessel for exportation in accordance with a licence or notice under this Order shall not be re-landed in Great Britain without a licence of the Board authorising such landing.
Regulation of Transhipment of Imported Dogs.
8. An imported dog shall not be transhipped in a port in Great Britain except with the written permission of an officer of the Board or of an officer of Customs and Excise.
Proceedings under Customs Acts for Unlawful Landing.
9.-(1.) If any person lands or attempts to land à dog in contravention of this Order, he shall be liable, under and according to the Customs Acts, to the penalties imposed on persons importing or attempting to import goods the importation whereof is prohibited by or under the Customs Acts, without prejudice to any proceedings against him under the Act of 1894 for an offence against that Act.
(2.) The dog in respect whereof the offence is committed shall be forfeited under and according to the Customs Acts in like manner as goods the importation whereof is prohibited by or under the Customs Acts.
Detention of Dogs on Vessels in Port.
10.-(1.) Every dog to which this Article applies shall at all times while on board a vessel in any port in Great Britain be--
(a.) secured to some part of the vessel by a collar and chain and muzzled with a wire cage muzzle, so constructed as to render it impossible for such
dog while wearing the same to bite any person or animal, but not so as to prevent such dog from breathing freely or lapping water; or
(b.) confined in an enclosed part of the vessel from which the dog cannot
escape.
(2.) If any dog to which this Article applies shall die, or be lost from a vessel, in any port in Great Britain, the person in charge of the dog shall forthwith give notice of such death or loss to the Board.
(3.) The provisions of this Article shall apply to every imported dog which is not accompained by a licence issued by the Board authorising the landing of such dog in Great Britain.
Extension of certain Sections of Diseases of Animals Act, 1894.
11. Dogs shall be animals, and rabies shall be a disease, for the purposes of the following sections of the Act of 1894 (namely) :
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