DOG REGISTRATION ACT.
We direct the attention of owners of dogs to the following clauses of the Dog Registration Act 4. Any person who shall keep any dog within the Colony of a greater age than 6 months, for a period of 14 day", without causing such dog to he registered, shall he liable to a penalty not exceeding L 5 for every such dog. 10. Every registration made under this Act shall be in force throughout, the Colony, and any person being the owners of a registered dog may remove such dog to any other district than the one wherein S”ch dog is registered without payment of any fee.
11. Where the ownership of a dog is changed, the registration of such dog shall continue good, and the registration collar shall, upon aplication of the new owner, remain with the nog, but the name of the new owner of such dog shall, upon application by him, bo entered in the register book in substitution of the name of the previous owner thereof without payment of any fee. 12. In any proceeding under this Act the proof of due registration, or that any dog is under the age of 6 months—the onus of proof lies on the owner of dog. 13 Dogs without collars having the proper registration labels thereon shall—prima facie be deemed to be unregistered, and any person or his agent upon whose land such dog may be found,or any person duly authorised by the local authority, may destroy any such dog.
17. Any person may kill a dog when seen attacking persons, sheep, &c. 20. Penalty for using counterfeit labels— Shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding T-20. . . !
21. If any person shall, after the first day of January in every year, have in his following, or keep any dog weanng a Wbel issued in any previous year, which dog shall not have been registered for the current year|bnoh person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding L 5. 1
And if any person shall have in hia ,fol« lowing, or keep any dog wearing a label leaned in respect; of another dog, each person shall be liable to a penalty of not exceeding Lift
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Dunstan Times, Issue 1159, 16 May 1884, Page 3
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370DOG REGISTRATION ACT. Dunstan Times, Issue 1159, 16 May 1884, Page 3
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