Dogs Act 1884 (SA)

ANNO QUADRAGESIMO SEP'I'IMO El' QUAUEAGESIMO

OCTAVO

VICTORIB REGIN&.

No. 320.

An Act to amend " The Dog Act, 1867."

[Assegted to, November q t h, 1884.1

REAS it is desirable to amend '' The Dog Act, l867 "- Preamble.

South Australia, with the advice and consent of the Legislative W"" Bc it therefore Enacted by thc Governor of the Province of

Council ancl House of Assembly of the said province, in this present

Parliament assembled, as follows:

1, Except so far as inconsistent therewith this Act shall be in- Incorporation.

corporated and read as one with '' The Dog Act, 1867."

2, The first schedule to this Act is hereby aubstitutecl for Alterationof description of doge

Schedule A to ' L The Dog Act, 1867," relating to the description of dogs intended to be registered.

3, The fee provided by the scale of fees contained in the Second Altmtionof fees.

Schedule to this Act, and which may be applicable to the particular case, shall be substituted for the fee of Five Shillings which by

a The Dog Act, 1867, is provided to be paid on the registration of

every dog.

4. Whenever in The Dog Act, 1867," reference is made to the Construction*

Schedule A to that Act, or to the fee of Five Shillings mentioned in section three of this Act, "The Dog Act, 1867," shall be read

and construed as if reference had. therein been made to the Schedule

and fee substituted by this Act.

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E x i ~ t i n g r e g L h l t i ~. 5. This Act shall not affect the validity of the registration

already made of any dog.

Act to to d o g 6. The words in section 3 of The Dog Act, 18 67," beginning

of aborigmat, but

but nothing," down to the end of that section, are repealed; and

each adult to be

that section shall be read as if thc following words were iuserted, namely: And this Act shall apply to dogs owned by aboriginals, but so that each adult aboriginal shall be entitled to keep two dogs without registration."

Police officer to be	7. Section 7 of	"The Dog Act, 1867," is repealed, and in lieu
registrar in districts

where there is no	thereof it is Cnacted as follows :-" Thc vrincipal ~ o l i c e officer in. -
other registrar.	charge of a station in any district wheri the& shhl be no othcr registrar shall be ex oficio the registrar for that district, unless the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall otherwise direct."

Amendment of sec. 8 8. Section 8 of "The nog Act, 1867," shall bc read as if the

of The DO^ A C ~,

1~67." words Two Pounds" were substituted for One Pound."

Registsar to supply	9. The registrar, on the registration of any dog, shall deliver to
metal disc, with date

and number of regis -	the person registering the dog a metal disc of a size, shape, and
tration and of district	color to be prescribed, annually, and to be annually varied, on which
to be attached.	shall be inscribed the date of the year and the registration number and district of the dog registered. The collar to ge worn by n dog shall not be required to bear any inscription, but the disc shall be
kept suspended from the collar in such a manner as to be plainly
visible; otherwise the dog shall be liable to be destroyed as if unregistered; and the nbscncc of such disc shall be prim& facie eQidence of non-registration.
Repeal of Schedule C	10. Scheddc C to " The Dog Act, 1867," is repealed, and the that section shall be read as if the words with the prescribed

" The Dog *ct,

1867," and amend-	words in section 15 thereof beginning " with the number corre-
ment of sec. 16.	sponding " and ending Schedule C: to this Act" are repealed, and
disc attached thereto" were substituted for the words so repealed.
available only till

Registration to be 11. I n section 10 of The Dog Act, 1867," all the words which

30th June. follow the words " that is to say " shall be repealed, and the follow- ing words shall be substituted, namely " until the thirtieth day of June next followir~g such registration: Provided that only half fees shall be payable on registrations cffccted between the first day of January and the thirtieth day of June."

Registrar to make 12. I t shall be the duty of cwry registrar, before the thirty-first

inquiries in his dis- trict for unregistered day of Dccembcr, one thousand eight hundred and eightyfour, and with power to before the thirtieth day of June in every year thereafter, to cause

get eearch-warrant,	inquiries to be made on all the premises occupied by any person within his district for the purpose of ascertaining if any unregistered dogs are kept thereon, and the registrar, or some person authorised
in writing by him, on proof to the satisfaction of any Justice of the
Peace that there is reason to suspect that any unregistered dog is

kept

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kept on any premises, shall apply to such Justice for, and such Justice shall grant, a warrant authorising the registrar or person so authorised to search any part of such premises, other than a dwelling-house, for the purpose of ascertaining whether any un- registered dog is kept thereon, and search shall be made accord- ingly.

13. Whenever a slut on heat is found in any public place, it	Sluts on heat, if
allowed to stray, may

shall be lawful for any person to kill the animal, and where such	be killed. Penalty.
a slut is found on any premises other than the premises of the owner it shall be lawful for the owner of the premises where the animal is found, or any person authorised by him, to kill the animal, and if the owner of the animal has wilfully suffered it to be so at large, he shall, if convicted thereof in s &nrnary way, pay a penalty i f not more than Five Pounds.

14, The occupier of any land, after giving public notice in three After notice,

do e trespassing may

successive issues of any two papers circulating in the district where	be%iUed, and poison
such land is situate, or of the Government Gazette, of his intention to	may be laid with cer-
destroy dogs trespassing on such land, may destroy the same, and,	tain restriction&
if the land is beyond the limits of town or suburban lands, may lay
poison on the land for the purpose of such destruction; but so that notice of such poison being laid be conspicuously exhibited on such land, and that no poison be laid within two hundred yards of any public road or way.

15, Section 16 of The Dog Act, 1867," shall be read as if the Amendment of The

Dog Act, 1867," secn.

rcward therein mentioned for seizing or destroying an unregistered	16, 26, and 22.
dog were Five Shillings instead of Two Shillings and Sixpence; and section 26 of the same Act shall be read as thoutzh Thirty Pounds were substituted for Five Pounds in the third li& of thit section, and section 22 of that Act shall he read as though the offence thereby created was maliciously removing the collar or disc	required to be worn by a dog, and in lieu of the pecuniary penalty	provided in that section there were substituted the penalty of im-
prisonment with or without hard labor for not less than one and not more than six months.

16, The Commissioner of Crown Lands may, from time to time, commissionor of

make regulations for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, ~ ~ ~ e ' $ $ O ~ { I I

and The Doa Act, 1867." in respect of any matters herein referred to details.

to as " pescriied ed" & left to beAexpressed or ascertained by such regulations, and such regulations shall be published in the Govern- ment Gazette, and shall thenceforth be binding.

In the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, I hereby assent to

this Bill,

WILLIAM C. F. ROBINSON, Governor.

SCHEDULES.

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SCHEDULES.

FIRST SCHFDIJLE.

F o r m of Description.

A description of dogs now owned and intended to be kept by A.B., of

in , during the year ending on the thirtieth day of Junc, 18 -- - -

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Premises on which each dog i8 intcnded Color or Description

to be kept. xnme. Sex. 1 .kge, or

Dog.	mark.	kindofdog.
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1

2

3

4

P-

I, the said A .B., do declare the above description to be true in every particular, to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Dated this day of 18 .

A. B.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Pees for Registratz'o?t.

£ S. d.

For every dog .......................................... 0 7 B

For every slut ............................. .. .......... 0 12 6

Adelaide : By authority, E. SPILLXR, Government Printer, North-terrace.