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Notice of Detention in case of Illegal Landing. 4. (1.) Where an Inspector or other officer of the Board or of a local authority has reason to believe that a dog has been landed in contravention of this order or of any order hereby revoked, he may give notice to the owner or person in charge of the dog requiring that, within a time specified" in such notice, the dog shall be moved (a) to a vessel for exportation, or (b) to a place of detention for the purpose of detention and isolation in accordance with the provisions of such notice. • (2.) Such provisions may be inserted in the notice as the Board may think, necessary or desirable for any of the purposes mentioned in the preceding article. (3.) The operation of a notice under this article may be terminated by notice to that effect given by an inspector or other officer of the Board or of the local authority to the owner or person in charge of the dog on proof to the satisfaction of the inspector or officer that the dogwas not landed in contravention of the said orders, or that four calendar months have expired since its landing. (4.) If the owner or person in charge of the dog, after receipt of such notice, fails to move the dog as required by the notice he shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the Act of 1894. Withdrawal of License in case of Default. 5. (1.) If an imported dog is not detained and isolated in conformity with the provisions of this order or of the conditions or provisions of a license or notice issued thereunder, the Board, or an inspector or other officer of the Board, may give notice to such owner or person in charge requiring him to move the dog to a vessel for exportation within a time specified in such notice. (2.) If the owner or person in charge of the dog, after receipt of such notice, fails to move the dog as required by the notice, he shall be deemed guilty of an offence against the Act of 1894. Seizure of Dogs in case of Default. 6. (1.) If an imported dog is not detained and isolated as required by this order or by the conditions or provisions of any license or notice thereunder, an inspector of the Board may seize the dog, and thereupon the Board shall detain and isolate it at the place of detention specified in the license or notice, or any other place of detention selected by them, in accordance with the requirements of this order or the said conditions or provisions, at the expense of the owner of the dog. (2.) If the owner of the dog does not, within ten days after the expiration of the period of detention specified in this order or in the license or notice, claim the said dog from the Board and pay to them their expenses of detaining and isolating the dog, the Board may destroy or otherwise dispose of the dog as they think expedient. Relanding prohibited of Imported, Dogs moved, to Vessels for Exportation. 7. An imported dog which has been moved to a vessel for exportation in accordance with a license or notice under this order shall not be relanded in Great Britain without a license of the Board authorizing such landing. Regulation of Transhipment of Imported Dogs. 8. An imported dog shall not be transhipped in a port in Great Britain except with the written permission of an officer of the' Board or of an officer of Customs and Excise. Proceedings under Customs Acts for Unlawful Landing. 9. (1.) If any person lands or attempts to land a dog in contravention of this order he shall be liable, under and according to the Customs Acts, to the penalties imposed on persons importing or attempting to import goods the importation whereof is prohibited by or under the Customs Acts, without prejudice to any proceedings against him under the Act of 1894 for an offence against this Act. (2.) The dog in respect whereof the offence is committed shall be forfeited under and according to the Customs Acts in like manner as goods the importation whereof is prohibited by or under the Customs Acts. Detention of Dogs on Vessels in Port. 10. (1.) Every dog to which this article applies shall at all times while on board a vessel in any port in Great Britain be— (a.) Secured to some part of the vessel by a collar and chain and muzzled with a wirecage muzzle, so constructed as to render it-impossible for such dog while wearing the same to bite any person or animal, but not so as to prevent such dog from breathing freely or lapping water; or (b.) Confined in an enclosed part of the vessel from which the dog cannot escape. (2.)-If any dog to which this article applies shall die or be lost from a vessel in any port in Great Britain, the person in charge of the dog shall forthwith give notice of such death or loss to the Board.