48. Change of ownership of registered dog---(1) Where the ownership of
 any dog is changed, any registration of the dog shall continue in force,
 but the previous owner and the new owner shall each within 14 days give
 written notice to the territorial authority or territorial authorities
 concerned of the change of ownership and of the residential address of
 the new owner and the address at which the dog will ordinarily be kept.


   (2) Where the dog is registered, the territorial authority or
 territorial authorities concerned shall, without fee, record the changes
 in their registers and the territorial authority in whose district the
 dog is ordinarily to be kept shall, without fee, issue a new label or
 disc for the dog.

   (3) Every person commits an offence and is liable on summary
 conviction to a fine not exceeding $150 who fails to comply with the
 requirements of subsection (1) of this section.

   (4) It shall be a defence to a charge of failing to comply with the
 requirements of subsection (1) of this section if the defendant
 satisfies the Court that the previous owner or the new owner, as the
 case may be, complied with the requirements of that subsection.
     Cf. 1982, No. 42, s. 45