69. Impounding and subsequent disposal of dog---(1) Except as provided
 in subsection (7) of this section and sections 70 and 71 of this Act,
 where any constable, dog control officer, or dog ranger seizes or is
 given custody of any dog under this Act, that dog shall, unless it is
 returned to its owner under subsection (3) or subsection (6) of section
 52 of this Act, be impounded until it is disposed of in accordance with
 this Act.

   (2) As soon as practicable after any dog has been impounded, the
 territorial authority shall, in the case of a dog wearing a current
 registration label or disc or where the owner of the dog is known
 through some other means, give written notice to the owner that the dog
 has been impounded and that unless the dog is claimed and any fee paid
 within 7 days of the receipt of that notice, it may be sold, destroyed,
 or otherwise disposed of in such manner as the territorial authority
 thinks fit; and after the expiry of that period the territorial
 authority may so dispose of the dog.

   (3) Where the owner of the dog is not known and cannot be identified
 from the dog registration label or disc, the territorial authority may,
 after the expiration of 7 days after the date of seizure of the dog,
 sell, destroy, or otherwise dispose of the dog in such manner as it
 thinks fit.

   (4) The proceeds of the sale of any dog under subsection (2) or
 subsection (3) of this section may be applied by the territorial
 authority towards any fees payable to it under this Act by the owner of
 the dog, and any surplus shall be paid into the dog control account of
 the territorial authority.

   (5) The territorial authority shall maintain a record of each dog
 impounded by it and the method of disposal of that dog.

   (6) The sale, destruction, or other disposal of a dog under this
 section shall not relieve the former owner of the dog of the liability
 for the payment of any fees payable under this Act.

   (7) Nothing in subsections (1) to (3) of this section shall apply in
 any case where a constable, dog control officer, or dog ranger seizes or
 is given custody of a dog pursuant to an order of the District Court
 that the dog be destroyed.
     Cf. 1982, No. 42, s. 66