Short title. 



Interpreta- 

 tion. 



License. 



52 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. 



DOGS ORDINANCE. 

 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 



No. 14-1918. 



I ASSENT. 



[XX 1. 



IL.S.1 



S. W. KNAGGS, 



Goveniw^s Deputy. 



13th June, 1918. 



B 



AN ORDINANCE relating to Dogs. 

 [13tli Jane, JD18.] 



E it enacted by the Governor of Trinidad and Tobago with the advice 

 and consent of the Legislative Council thereof as follows : — 



1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Dogs Ordinance, 1918. 



2. In this Ordinance the term : — 



" Citj' of Port-of-Spain " means the City of Port-of-Spain as defined 

 by the Port-of-Spain Corporation Ordinance, 1914, together with any 

 extension thereof under the power conferred by section 7 of that 

 Ordinance ; 



" Inspector " includes the Inspector-General of Constabulary, any 

 Inspector or Sub-Inspector of Constabulary, and all Sergeants of 

 Constabulary in charge of towns or districts outside the City of Port-of- 

 Spain and the Boroughs of San Fernando and Arima ; 



'• Constable " includes any member of the Constabulary Force ; 



" Owner " includes the head of a family occupying any house or 

 premises in which a dog is kept or permitted to live or remain ; and in 

 case there are more occupiers than one in any house or premises^ let in 

 separate apartments or lodgings or otherwise, the occupier of that 

 particular part of the premises in which such dog shall have been kept or 

 permitted to live or remain shall be deemed to be the owner of such dog. 



" Prescribed " means prescribed by regulations made under this 

 Ordinance. 



Licensing of Dogs. 



3.--(l) No person shall keep a dog above the age of three months 

 unless such person shall for each dog which he may have or keep obtain a 

 yearly license — 



(a) In the City of Port-of-Spain, from the Inspector- General of 



Constabulary ; 

 (h) In the Borough of San Fernando, from the Warden of 



Naparima ; 

 (c) In the Borough of Arima, from the Warden of Arima ; 

 {(I) In the several Wards, from the Wardens of such Wards 

 respectively ; 



