Dog Control Act 1996
013
Commenced: 1 Jul 1996
Registration and Registration Fees
51
Offences relating to collars, labels, and discs
51. Offences relating to collars, labels, and discs---(1) Every person
commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding $1,500 who, with intent to deceive,---
(a) Removes from a dog a collar bearing a label or disc issued under
this Act; or
(b) Removes any such label or disc attached to any collar worn by any
dog; or
(c) Attaches to any dog or has in that person's keep any dog wearing
any such label or disc issued in respect of another dog; or
(d) Makes or counterfeits or, knowing the same to be false or
counterfeit, purchases, uses, or has in that person's
possession, any label or disc resembling or apparently intended
to resemble or pass for a label or disc issued under this Act.
(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence against paragraph (a) or
paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section, and the dog has been
impounded in consequence of the removal of that collar, label, or disc,
the Court may order that person to pay to the owner any fees payable by
the owner relating to the impounding of the dog and, if the dog has been
sold or destroyed, the full value of that dog as determined by the
Court.
Cf. 1982, No. 42, s. 48