Dogs Act 1861 (SA)

ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO ET VICESIMO QUINTO

A. D. 1861.

No. 9.

An Act to amend The Dog Act of 1860."

[Assented to, 26 th Septcmbcr, 1861.1

ITEREAS in ordcr the more effectually to compel the prca~b lc.

registratiolz of dogs mitl~in the Province of South Australia,

it is desirable to increnso certain penalties imposed by t l ~ e D$ Act

of 1860, ancl otherwise to amend the said Act as herein provided-

Be it therefore Enacted, by t21e Govenlor-in-Chief of the Province

of South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Council and House of Assembly of the said Province, in this preseut

Parliament assembled, its follo6s:

1. Any person who sllall, after the conling into operation of this Pm"" for k w i n g

urrrcgistered dog over

Act, keep any dog within any district proclaimed under the said Act, tluce mont&old,

of a greater age than three calendar months, for n period of fourteen

days, without ctu8ising a description of every such dog to bc registered

and such registratiou to be coiltinued from time to time, as in the

said Act and this Act provided, shall forfeit and pay for every

such dog a penalty or sum not exceeding Six Pounds nor less thin

Three Pounds.

2. If any registered dog shall die, it shall be lawful for the owner Dog may b mbsti-

thereof to possess and kccp in lieu thereof, for the remainder dog dying.

tuted for registered

of the period for which such dog was rcgistercd, any other dog without registration, or if any change sliall take place in the owner- ship of my dog which may have been registered, such registration shall continue in force until the expiration of the term for which such dog was registered: Provided that sucl~ owner shall, within fourteen days of his becoming possessed of such dog, give notice thereof to the person appointed to keep regiuters of dogs for the

Q district

district in which such dog shall be kept, and such notice shall contain a. description of such dog, embracing the several particular S contained in the Schedule marked A, to the said Act.

Regiehred dog ma

tm removed to a n o L	3. Any person, being the owner of a registered dog, may remove registered without payment of any fee,
district.	such dog to any other district than the one wherein such dog is
Penalty for rnidecr-	4. Any person who shall wilfully insert or omit, or wilfully cause or permit to 5e inserted or omitted, in any description required by this or the saim Act, any matter or thing what- soever contrary to or for the purpose of concealing the truth, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less than Two Pounds nor more than Five Pounds.
cription.
Ponalty on corntable
or ranger neglecting	5. If any constable or Crown Lands Ranger shall neglect when called upon 60 destroy or use his best exertions to destrqy any dog which shall be at large, contrary to the provisions of this Act or the said Act, within his division, district, or ward, every wch constable or Crown Lands Ranger shall, for every such neglect, forfeit and pay a sum of not less than Forty Shillings nor more than Five Pounds.
duty.
Regulations may be

made bv Governor 6. It shall be lawful for the Governor, with the advice and

B n d ~ x ~ c u t i v e ~ o u n c i l consent of the Executive Council, to make such regulations as he

~ ~; ~ ~; ~ ~ ~ n a c 8	shall think fit, for the purpose of providing for the allowance and
payment of travelling oxpenses to registrars of districts other than
Corporate Towns or District Councils.
Bogistration fee

reduced to Five 7. The sum of Five Shillings shall be paid in respect of every

Shillings,

dog mentioned in any registration, instead of the sum of Ten

Shillings by the said Act imposed.

Thie and Dog Aot, 8. This Act and the said Act shall be construed as one Act.

1860, to be one Act.

\ In the name and on behalf of the Queen I hereby assent to

this Act.

RICITARD GRAVE6 MACDONNELL,

Governor.

Government House, Adelaide,

26th September, 1861.

Adelaide: Pritited by authority by W. C. Cox, Government Printer, Victoria-sqwe.