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PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 



An Act Relating to Foxes and Other Fur-bearing Animals 

 Kept in Captivity 



3 Geo. V, Chap. 10 



{Assented to Apnl 24, 1913) 



WHEREAS, certain persons in the Province of Prince Edward 

 Island have engaged in the business of raising or breeding 

 foxes and other fur-bearing animals kept in captivity, and it is desirable 

 to protect the said animals from being disturbed by strangers or persons 

 other than the owner or keeper of said animals. 



BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Lieutenant Governor 

 and Legislative Assembly of the Province of Prince Edward Island as 

 follows : 



1. Every one is guilty of an offence and liable to the penalty here- 

 inafter provided who, at any time hereafter, in any part of the Province 

 without the consent of the owner or caretaker of a ranch or enclosure 

 where foxes or other fur-bearing animals are kept in captivity for breed- 

 ing purposes, shall enter upon the private grounds of the owner, or 

 owners of the said animals within a distance of twenty-five yards from' 

 the outer fence or enclosures within which the pens or dens of the said 

 animals are located and upon which said fence notices forbidding 

 trespassing on the said premises are kept posted so as to be plainly 

 discernible at the said distance of not less than twenty-five yards. 



2. Any person convicted of an offence against Section 1 of the Act 

 shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding one hundred dollars nor less 

 than fifty dollars, and in default of payment of such fines, to imprison- 

 ment for a term of not exceeding three months nor less than one month. 



3. Every one is guilty of an offence and liable to the penalty here- 

 inafter provided who, at any time hereafter in any part of the province, 

 without the consent of the owners or caretaker of any enclosure within 

 which foxes or other fur-bearing animals are kept for breeding purposes, 

 and on the outer fence of which enclosure are kept posted notices forbid- 

 ding trespassing on the premises where the said animals are kept, and 

 plainly discernible at a distance of not less than twenty-five yards there- 

 from, shall pass withm the said fence of such enclosure or climb over, 

 break or cut through the same for the purpose of entering the said 

 enclosure. 



4. Any person convicted of an offence against section 3 of this Act 

 shall be liable to a fine of not exceeding five hundred dollars nor less 



