58 TBINIDAD AND TOBAGO BULLETIN. [XX. 1. 



{h) Provided that in the case of performing dogs it shall be lawful 

 for the Government Veterinary Sui'geon to grant a permit to the owner 

 of such dogs relieving him fi'om the obligations as to detention imposed 

 bj' this regulation, but subject to such conditions as to segregation and 

 otherwise as may be attached by the Government Veterinary' Surgeon 

 in his discretion to the grant of any such permit. 



5. Subject to the provisions of regulation 4 ih) the owner of a dog 

 or his agent shall, on obtaining a permit under regulation 3, convej' 

 the dog ashore and hand it over to the detention officer at the Detention 

 Station, 



6. Any person acting in contravention of the provisions of any of 

 the three preceding regulations or of any condition imposed by a permit 

 under regulation 4 {h) is liable to a penalty not exceeding ilO or to 

 imprisonment with or without hard labour for any term not exceeding 

 three months. 



7. A dog landed under the preceding regulations shall only be 

 released from the Detention Station on the written permit of the 

 Government Veterinary Surgeon. 



8. At the time the dog is landed the owner of the dog shall pay to 

 the Collector of Customs the sum of $25, being the detention charges 

 for six months at such detention station : provided that if before one 

 month of the period of detention has expired an owner conveys a dog 

 out of the Colony as providrd in regulation 4 {n) the sum of $16 shall be 

 returned to the person who made the deposit. 



9. All expenses incurred for removal, feeding, and keeping of dogs 

 in the detention station, shall be paid by the Receiver-General on the 

 certificate of the Inspector-General of Constabulary. 



10. If a dog is kept at a Dogs Detention Station for more than six 

 months, the owner of such dog shall be liable to pay at the rate of 

 Sixpence per diem for every day during which the dog remains at the 

 detention station after the expiry of such period of six months. The 

 owner of the dog shall also be liable to pay for all medicines supplied 

 by the Government Veterinary Surgeon for the use of such dog at the 

 Government contract rates for that year. 



11. Before a dog is removed as provided for in regulation 4 (a) the 

 owner or his agent shall pay all amounts due for medicines, or other 

 charges incidental to its treatment. 



12. Any person liable to pay any amount under the provisions of the 

 three preceding regulations and refusing or neglecting to pay the same 

 is liable to a penalty not exceeding .£5. 



13. The detention station and all Detention Officers and attendants 

 appointed for the pui'poses of these regulations shall be under the 

 control of the Inspector-General of Constabulary ; and all such officers 

 and attendants shall obey the directions of such Inspector-General or 

 of the Government Veterinary Surgeon as to the admission, keeping, 

 release and treatment or destruction of all dogs in the detention station. 



