No. 5 of 1893.
DOGS.
[Originally No. 9 of 1893. Law Rev. Ord., 1923.]
Short title.
Interpreta-tion.
Prohibition of keeping dog without licence.
Issue and wearing of badge.
No. 4 of 1893, repealed by No. 2 of 1920.
No. 5 of 1893.
An Ordinance to make provision for regulating the keeping of dogs, and for the prevention of the importation and spread of rabies.
[26th June, 1893.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that the conditions under which dogs may be kept in this Colony should be duly regulated and that the importation and spread of rabies should be prevented :
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dogs Ordinance, 1893.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Dog" includes the male and female animal, but does not include puppies under the age of three months.
(b) "Owner" includes the person in charge or apparently in charge of any dog where the real owner is not in the Colony or cannot be readily ascertained :
3.-(1) No person shall keep a dog without a licence from the Captain Superintendent of Police.
(2) The fee payable for each dog included in such licence shall be three dollars, or such other sum as the Governor in Council may by notification direct; but no fee shall be payable for any dog in cases where it is shown, to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police, that such dog is kept by an agriculturist solely as a watch dog and is necessary for that purpose.
(3) Every licence shall expire on the 31st day of December of the year in which it is taken out.
4. With each licence the Captain Superintendent of Police shall, without extra fee, issue, for each dog included in such licence, a metal badge duly numbered, which shall be worn by the dog either attached to its collar or otherwise fastened on to its neck.
*See also Proclamation No. 1 of 1920.
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
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No. 5 of 1893.
DOGS.
[Originally
No. 9 of 1893.
Law Rev. Ord., 1923.]
t
Short title. t
Interpreta- tion.
Prohibition of keeping dog without liconce.
Issue and wearing of badge.
No. 4 of 1893, repealed by No. 2 of 1920.
No. 5 of 1893.
An Ordinance to make provision for regulating the keeping of dogs, and for the prevention of the importation and spread of rabies.
[26th June, 1893.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that the conditions under which dogs may be kept in this Colony should be duly regulated and that the importation and spread of rabies should be prevented :
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dogs Ordinance, 1893.
2. In this Ordinance,
(a) "Dog" includes the male and female animal, but does not include puppies under the age of three months.
(b) "Owner" includes the person in charge or apparently in charge of any dog where the real owner is not in the Colony or cannot be readily ascertained:
3.-(1) No person shall keep a dog without a licence from the Captain Superintendent of Police.
(2) The fee payable for each dog included in such licence shall be three dollars, or such other sum as the Governor in Council may by notification direct; but no fee shall be payable for any dog in cases where it is shown, to the satisfaction of the Captain Superintendent of Police, that such dog is kept by an agriculturist solely as a watch dog and is necessary for that purpose.
(3) Every licence shall expire on the 31st day of December of the year in which it is taken out.
4. With each licence the Captain Superintendent of Police shall, without extra fee, issue, for each dog included in such licence, a metal badge duly numbered, which shall be worn by the dog either attached to its collar or otherwise fastened on to its neck.
*See also Proclamation No. 1 of 1920.
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1923.
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