The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act Amendment Act 1909 (SA)

EDWARDI V11 REGlS.

A.D. 1909.

No. 997.

An Act to amend " The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Act, 1908."

[Assented to, December rrth, 1909.1

E it Enacted by the Governor of the State of South Australia,

follows: B with the advice and consent of the Parliament thereof, as

1, This Act may be cited alone as " The Prevention of Cruelty sh0.t title.

to Animals Act A mendment Act, 1909 "; and the " The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1908 " (hereafter in this Act called

the principal Act ") and this Act may be cited together as The

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1908 and 1909."

animal which was unfit for such use or treatment, or with an offence under section 7 of the principal Act, and the defendant deaires to claim that the alleged acts were done or permitted, if at all, in the course of his employment by his master, the defendant may serve, or cause to be served, upon the person who he intends to allege was his master (hereinafter called the alleged master "), a notice in writing stating the particulars of the charge and the time and place fixed for the hearing of the information. (2) When

2, This Act is incorporated with the principal Act, m d the Incorpomtion with the principal Act.

principal Act and this Act shall be read together as one Act.

3, (1) W henever any person (hereinafter called the defendant " ) .M&r to be liable

is charged on information under the principal Act with knowingly mittad	where offence com-
or wantonly riding, driving, using, conveying, carrying, or packiugany	after notice to master.

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(2) When such notice has been served the alleged master shall, for all purposes, be deemed to be charged on the information with the offence alleged therein as well as the defendant, and to have been duly served therewith.

(3) If at the hearing of the information, or any adjournment thereof, the Court finds the offence proved, the Court-

(a) Shall, if it is shown to its satisfaction-

I. That the defendant was at the time of the commission of the offence the servant of the alleged master, and that the acts constituting the offence were done or permitted by the defendant in the course of his employment as such servant, and

11. That the defendant before committing the offence

called the attention of the alleged master to the fact that the animal in respect of which it was committed was unfit for the use or treatment constituting the offence, or to the fact that notice under section 7 of the principal Act had been delivered directing that such animal was not to

be used, according to the nature of the case,

find the alleged master guilty of	the offence and discharge
the defendant, but otherwise-

( b ) Shall find the defendant guilty of the offence.

(4) If on the hearing of the information i t appears-

I. That the alleged master caused or permitted the act con-

stituting the offence, and

11. That the defendant before committing the offence called the

alleged master's attention to either of the facts mentioned

in subdivision I I. of subsection (3),

the Court may, at the request of the defendant, cause notice to be	served on the alleged master, requiring his attendance at an adjourned
hearing. Upon such adjournment the Court shall, if wtistied that the matters mentioned iu subdivisiorls 1. and 11. of this subsection are proved and that the offence is proved, find the alleged master guilty and discharge the defendant.
( 5 ) In any case in which an alleged master appears before the Court pursuant to notice served under this section, if the alleged master is found guilty the Court may order him to pay the defen- dant's costs, but otherwise may if of opinion that the notice was served without reasonable grodnd, order the defendant to pay the alleged master's costs: Provided that the fact that the alleged master is not found guilty shall not of itself be taken to show that the notice was served without reasonable ground: Provided also that the powers given by this subsection are in addition to any other powers of the Court as to costs.

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(6) In this section 6 4 information " includes complaint, and

" Caurt " means the Magistrate or Justices hearing the information.

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

this Bill.

DAY H. BOSANQUET, Governor.

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