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Dog Control Act 1996  013
Commenced: 1 Jul 1996
Obligations of Owner
61   Orders relating to dog seen worrying stock




   61. Orders relating to dog seen worrying stock---(1) Where complaint
 is made to a District Court by the owner of any stock or poultry, or the
 occupier of any land on which there is stock or poultry, that any dog
 has been seen at large among that stock or poultry, the Court, if it is
 satisfied as to the grounds of the complaint, may order the owner to
 keep the dog under proper restraint or make an order for the destruction
 of the dog.

   (2) Every person who fails to comply with an order made under
 subsection (1) of this section requiring that person to keep a dog under
 proper restraint commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction
 to a fine not exceeding $150 for every day during which the default has
 continued; and, in addition, the Court may make an order for the
 destruction of the dog.
     Cf. 1982, No. 42, s. 60
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