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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
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