46. Issue of label or disc and completion of registration---(1) On
 receipt of the properly completed application form and the applicable
 dog control fee, the territorial authority shall, unless the
 registration of that dog in the ownership of that person would be in
 breach of section 23 or section 28 of this Act, issue to the owner of
 the dog a receipt for the fee paid and a label or disc for the
 registration year, and, upon the issue of such label or disc,
 registration shall be deemed to have been duly made.

   (2) The owner of the dog shall ensure that the label or disc issued by
 the territorial authority is attached to a collar worn on the neck of
 the dog so registered.

   (3) If the authority is satisfied that a current label or disc for any
 dog has been lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, it shall, on receipt
 of the appropriate fee, issue a replacement label or disc.

   (4) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary
 conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,500 who procures or attempts to
 procure a replacement label or disc for any dog knowing that a current
 label or disc for that dog has not been lost or stolen.
     Cf. 1982, No. 42, s. 43