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were empowered to issue orders regulating the muzzling of 

 dogs in public places and the keeping of dogs under control 

 (otherwise than by muzzling) . Offenders under these Acts are 

 liable to a fine not exceeding 20. 



The Statute 57 and 58 Viet., c. 57, gives the Board of 

 Agriculture power to make orders for muzzling dogs, keeping 

 them under control, and the detention and disposal of stray 

 dogs ; and section 2 of the Dogs Act, 1906 (known by some 

 as the Curfew Bell Act), says that the Diseases of Animals 

 Act, 1894, shall have effect : 



(a) For prescribing and regulating the wearing by dogs 

 while in a highway or in a place of public resort of a collar 

 with the name and address of the owner inscribed on the 

 collar or on a plate or badge attached thereto : 



(b) With a view to the prevention of worrying of cattle 

 for preventing dogs or any class of dogs from straying during 

 all or any of the hours between sunset and sunrise. 



STRAY DOGS 



The Dogs Act, 1906, has some important sections dealing 

 with seizure of stray dogs, and enacts that where a police 

 officer has reason to believe that any dog found in a highway 

 or place of public resort is a stray dog, he may seize and 

 retain it until the owner has claimed it and paid all expenses 

 incurred by reason of its detention. If the dog so seized wears 

 a collar on which is the address of any person, or if the owner 

 of the dog is known, then the chief officer of police or some 

 person authorised by him in that behalf shall serve on either 

 such person a notice in writing stating that the dog has been 

 seized, and will be sold or destroyed if not claimed within seven 

 clear days of the service of the notice. 



Failing the owner putting in an appearance and paying all 

 expenses of detention within the seven clear days, then the 

 chief officer of police or any person authorised by him may 

 cause the dog to be sold, or destroyed in a manner to cause as 



