1922. 1 



DOGS ORDINANCE. 



for which Ucense shall be paid the sum of Eight shillings and fourpence 

 in the City of PorE-of- Spain and the Boroughs of San Fernando and 

 Arima, and Four shillings and two pence elsewhere. 



(2) Every sv;ch license shall expire on the succeeding thirty-first day 

 of December. 



(3) All moneys received in respect of licenses granted under this 

 Ordinance shall be paid into the Colonial Treasury. 



4. Any person who keeps any dog without having a license in force, is 

 liable to a fine of not less than Five shillings and not more than Twenty 

 shillings, and in default of paj'ment may be imprisoned either with or 

 without hard labour for any term not exceeding fourteen days, and the 

 amount of any fine recovered under this section shall be paid as to one 

 moiety thereof to the informer and as to the other moiety into the 

 Colonial Treasui-y. 



5. — (1) With ever}- license granted under this Ordinance there shall be 

 issued free of charge and delivered to the licensee or his agent a metal 

 label or other badge in such form as may from time to time be ordered by 

 the Inspector-General of Constabulary. 



(2) The Inspector-General of Constabulary, may, on its being made 

 to appear to his satisfaction that the metal label or badge delivered to a 

 licensee under sub-section (1) of this section, has been lost or destroyed, 

 issue a duplicate label or badge to such licensee. 



6. — (1) Every dog found in or upon any place, other than private 

 premises, without having the proper label or badge secured to a collar or 

 otherwise round his neck, may be destroyed by any Constable or person 

 authorized in writing by any Inspector, in such manner and by such 

 means as may from time to time be ordered by the Inspector-General 

 of Constabulary. 



(2) The owner of any such dog is guilty of an offence and is liable on 

 conviction for a first offence to a penalty not exceeding ten shillings, and 

 for a second and every subsequent offence to a penalty not exceeding 

 twenty shillings, and in default of payment of any such penalty to 

 imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding 

 fourteen days. 



7. If any person counterfeits any prescribed label or badge or if upon 

 any dog there shall be found any false or counterfeit label or badge, such 

 person or the owner of such dog, as the case may be, is liable to 

 imprisonment, with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding 

 three months. 



8. Sections 5, 6 and 7 of this Ordinance shall not be in force except 

 during such time as the Governor in Executive Council may from time to 

 time by proclamation direct. 



Keeping 



unlicensed 



iloK. 



Labels or 

 badges. 



Power to 

 destroy. 



Counterfeiting 

 label or badge. 



Suspension of 

 clauses 

 relating to 

 badges. 



Muzzling of Dogs. 

 9.— ( 1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Executive Council from ^^^'^^^J^^|^j^j^ 

 time to time by proclamation to direct that all dogs being in or upon any ^"^^^ ^"^ '®"' 

 place, other than private premises, shall be muzzled. 



