DOGS AND CATS REGULATIONS

DOGS AND CATS REGULATIONS

DOGS AND CATS.

DOGS AND CATS REGULATIONS.

(Cap. 167, section 3).
(Ordinance No. 1 of 1950).

[l3th January, 1950.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Dogs and
Cats Regulations.

2. In these regulations---
'approved observation kennels' means any place which the
Governor has by notification in the Gazette declared to
be a place in which dogs or cats may be kept for observa-
tion for the purposes of the Dogs and Cats Ordinance
and these regulations;
'District Commissioner' has the meaning assigned to it by
the New Territories Ordinance;
'1icensing authority' means so far as concerns the New
' rerritories the District Commissioner and for all other
purposes means the Commissioner of Police;
'local vessel' includes any vessel frorn time to time in the
waters of the Colony other than ocean going ships and
includes ocean going ships if travelling exclusively
between Hong Kong and ports in China;
'quarantine station' means any place for the time being
set apart under the direction of the Governor for the
quarantine of dogs or cats;
'quarantine permit' means a permit by the veterinary
officer solely for the purposes of enabling a dog or cat
which is to be or which has been imported into the
Colony to be taken to a quarantine station;
'Aurban areas of the New Territories' means the several
areas specified in the Schedule and as regards each
particular area means such area as delimited on a plan
thereof deposited in the office of the District Commis-
sioner and identified by the words 'urban area for the
purposes of the Dogs and Cats Regulations' together
with the signature of the District Commissioner.

3. No person shall keep a dog over the age of three
months except under and in accordance with a licence from





the licensing authority : Provided that this regulation shall
not apply to any dog under theternporary care of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or any other body
recognized and approved by the licensing authority.

4. The following licence fees are hereby prescribed for
each dog, whether male or feiriale-
(a) the island of Hong Kong, Kowloon and
New Kowloon .....................$10.00
(b) the urban areas of the New Territories $10.00
(c) local vessels ...............$10.00
(d) the remainder of the New Territories $2.00
Provided that only half fees shall be charged in the
area (a) for dogs which are licensed for the first time during
the months of October and November.

5. Licences shall be renewable during the months of
December, January, February and March of each year and
shall be valid for a period of twelve months. Licences
issued after the 1st March and before 1st December in any
year shall automatically expire on 31st March in tile follow-
ing year : Provided that licences under paragraphs (b), (c)
and (d) of regulation 4 shall be valid for one year from the
date of issue.

6. (1) Any owner or person having the custody,
control or care of any dog shall ensure that such dog is
inoculated against rabies at least once in every twelve
months.

(2) Inoculation shall be carried out by or under the
direction of such persons or classes of person as the licensing
authority shall notify in the Gazette.
(3) Where inoculation is carried out by persons
employed by Government or otherwise it Government
expense there shall become due and payable to Government
such fees as the Governor may by notification in the Gazette
prescribe.

7. No licence shall be issued in respect of any dog
unless such dog has been, to the satisfaction of the licensing
authority, inoculated against rabies in accordance with
regulation 6, within one month prior to the issue of such
licence.





8. (1) With each licence the licensing authority shall,
without extra fee, issue for each dog included in such licence
a nietal badge duly numbered, and the owner of the dog
sliall ensure that such badge is worn by the dog either
attached to its collar or otherwise fastened to its neck. Any
dog found without such badge may, be captured and detained
or may be shot by any police officer or by any person
author' 1
ized by the licensing authority.
(2) No person shall allow any such badge to be worn
except by the dog in respect of which the badge was issued.
(3) If the licensing authority is satisfied that a badge
has been lost lie illay issue another badge in respect of the
same dog on payment of a fee of one dollar.

9. (1) Any person having the custody, control or care
of any dog or cat which has bitten any person shall report
the fact to the nearest police station without delay and a
police officer shall forthwith remove such dog or cat to the
Government observation kennels.
(2) Any such dog or cat shall be detained in an
approved observation kennel for such period as a veterinary
officer i-nay decide.

10. (1) The fees 1)ayable by the owner of any dog or
cat while in the Government. observation kennels shall be in
accordance with such scales as the Governor may by notifi*ca-
.ion in the Gazelle from time to time prescribe.

(2) All fees shall be payable on deniand to th ' c District
Commissioner in the case of the New Territories and in
other cases to the Treasury, and in any case before the
renioval of the clog or cat frorn the Government observation
l~ennels. i\ veterinary officer may destroy or otherwise
dispose of any dog oi- cat in respect of which the fees due
remain unpaid within two days of the expir.v of the observa-
~ioil perlod without prejudice to the recovery from the owner
of ai! fees and other sums then due.

11. Any person having the custody, control or care of
any dog or cat which has or may reasonably be suspected
of having rabies, or of any dog or cat which has been or
may reasonably be suspected of having been in contact with
any case of rabies or suspected rabies, shall report the fact
to the nearest police station without delay.





12. Any person having the custody, control or care of
any dog or cat which has or is suspected of having rabies, or
which is suspected of having been in contact with. a case of
rabies or suspected rabies, shall comply with all the require-
ments of the veterinary officer with regard thereto.

13. No owner or person having the custody, control or
care of any dog or cat shall allow such dog or cat to be
imported into the Colony, or if already so imported by
water, to be landed in the Colony, or if already so imported
by the Kowloon-Canton Railway, to be removed from the
premises of the railway, or if already so imported by air
to be removed from the airport, until lie has received from
the veterinary officer either a permit to import or a quarantine
permit.

14. Subject to the provisions of regulation iS no permit
to import may be issued except on the production to the
veterinary officer of~-
(a)a certificate to the satisfaction of the veterinary
officer, dated not more than two months before the
dog or cat is imported or brought into the Colony,
from a duly qualified veterinary surgeon or a
medical officer of health or a British consular
authority, that for a period of six months immediate-
ly prior to the date of such certificate no case of
rabies has been known to occur in any district in
which such dog or cat has been ; and
(b)in the case of a dog or cat imported by water, a
statutory declaration by the master of the vessel by
which such dog or cat has been imported, or by
the owner if he has travelled on the vessel with the
dog or cat, that no case oF rabies has occurred on
board the vessel during the voyage.

15. The veterinary officer may in his discretion, on being
satisfied that no case of rabies has occurred in the place or
places where such dog or cat has been during the period
of six months immediately preceding such importation, or
that there is no reasonable fear of such dog or cat having
been in. contact with rabies, dispense with the certificate
referred to in paragraph (a) of regulation 14.





16. The owners, charterers or agents of any vessel which
arrives in the waters of the Colony having on board any dog
or cat consigned to or intended for any person in the Colony
shall report the arrival of such dog or cat forthwith to the
veterinary officer, giving the name and address of the owner
or consignee of such dog or cat and the description of such
dog or cat.

17. The master of any such vessel which arrives in the
waters of the Colon ' y shall not permit any dog or cat to be
removed frorn such vessel until there has been produced to
him a permit to import or a quarantine permit issued by the
veterinary officer in respect of such dog or cat.

18. The owners, charterers or agents of any aircraft and
the captain of any Pircraft kinding in the Colony shall not
permit any dog or cat to be removed from such aircraft except
to a place of safe custody provided by such owners,
charterers, agents or captain within the airport until there
has been produced to him or them a permit to import or
a quarantine permit issued by the veterinary officer in respect
of such dog or cat.

19. The owner or person having the custody, control or
care of any dog or cat in respect of which he has received a
quarantine permit shall at his own expense irni-nediatel3, after
receiving such peri-nit: take such dog or cat to a quarantine.
station to be detained there for such period as the veterinary
officer may prescribe.

20. The fee payable by the owner of any dog or cat
while in a quarantine station shall be in accordance with such 1
scale of fees as the Governor may by notification in the :
G
each nionth at the latest, and in any case before the removal
of the dog-or cat from a quarantine station. The veterinary
officer may destroy any dog or cat in respect of which the
fees remain unpaid for a period of fifteen days after becoming
clue, without prejudice to the recovery from the owner of
all fees and other sums due, or ina), sell such dog or cat and
out of the proceeds of sale thereof defray the amount of
such fees.





21. No dog shall be allowed to go abroad in the public
thoroughfares or elsewhere unless it is either on the lead,
or is fitted with a muzzle which renders the dog incapable of
biting. A breach of this regulation shall be deemed to have
occurred if any dog is abroad as aforesaid without either such
muzzle or being on a lead or if a clog bites any person, or
any other dog, at a tirne when, and place at which it is
required by this regulation to be either muzzled or on a lead,
and in every such case the owner of such dog or, if the
owner is absent from the Colony, the person having the
custody or care of such dog shall be guilty of such breach,
notwithstanding that such breach occurred without his
knowledge or without any default on his part and, in the
case of a dog biting a person or another dog, notwithstanding
any proof that the dog was wearing a muzzle, or was on a
lead, at such time.

22. Except with the permission in writing of the
veterinary officer no dog shall be moved to or from Hong
Kong island or to or frorn the New Territories or from any
vessel.

23. The veterinary officer shall have absolute discretion
to refuse any permit or permission which he is authorized by
these regulations to issue or give.

24. It shall be lawful for the veterinary officer to attach
any condiLions whatsoever to any permit or permission. issued
or given by him under these regulations.

25. (1) No person shall slaughter any dog or cat for
use as food whether for mankind or otherwise.

(2) No person shall sell or Lise or permit the sale or
use of the flesh of dogs and cats for food.

(3) Any person who is found in possession of the car-
case of any dog or cat or any part thereof in stich ell'Ctllll-
stances as would reasonably give rise to a belief that such
clog or cat was being or had been slaughtered or sold or
Used for food in breach of this regulation shall be guilty
of an offence against paragraph (i) or (2) of this re-ulation
as the case may be, unless he is able to satisfy a magistrate
that he has not in fact committed any breach of paragraph
(i) or (2) of this regulation, as the case may be.





. 26. Any person who acts in contravention of regula-
tions 3, 6(1), 8(2), 9(1), 11 to 13, 16 to 19, 21, 22, and 25(1)
and (2) shall be liable to a fine of one thousand dollars and
to imprisonment for six months.

SCHEDULE.

Cheung Chau, Taipo,
Tai O, Shatin,
Yuen Long, Saikung,
Shek Wu Hui, Tsun Wan,
Sha Tau Kok, Luen Wo Market Town.

ORDERS BY THE GOVERNOR.
(Cap. 167),
(Ordinance No. 1 of 1950).
INOCULATION FEES.
(under reg. 6(3)).

The following fees are the prescribed fees for the anti-
rabies inoculation of dogs-
(a) Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New
Kowloon ..........................$10;
(b) New Territories, Urban Areas .$5 ;
(c) New Territories, Rural Areas Free.
OBSERVATION AND QUARANTINE FEES.
(under regs. 10(1) and 20)
The following fees are the prescribed fees payable by
the owner of any dog or cat while such animal is in the
Government Observation Kennels or Quarantine Stations-
(a) Dogs Of 25 Ibs. and over-$2.50 per day or part of a day.
(b) Dogs under 25 Ibs. -$1.50
(c) Cats -$1.00

APPROVED OBSERVATION KENNELS.
(under reg. 2.)
The following places are declared to be approved
observation kennels-
(a) Kennedy Town Kennels,
(b) Ma Tau Kok Kennels,
(c) Sassoon Kennels, Pokfulam,
(d) Jockey Club Stables.
G.N.A. 10/50. G.N.A. 34/50. G.N.A. 79/51. Citation. Interpretation. (Cap. 167.) (Cap. 97.) Dogs to be licensed. [r. 3. cont.] Fees for dog licences. Validity of licences. Dogs to be inoculated once every twelve months. No dogs licence unless dog is inoculated. Metal badges to be issued in respect of and worn by licensed dogs. Dog and cat bites to be reported to police. Fees payable in respect of detention in Government observation kennels. Duty to report to police rabies or suspected rabies of dog or cat. Duty in cases of suspected rabies. Importation of dog or cat without veterinary officer's permit prohibited. Certain certificate required before issue of import permit. Veterinary officer may dispense with certificate in certain cases. Duty to report arrival of dog or cat in waters of Colony. Duty of master to call for quarantine or import permit. Duty of owner, charterers, agents and captain in the event of dogs and cats arriving by aircraft. Dogs and cats to go to quarantine station when permit issued. Payment and recovery of fees in respect of detention of dog or cat in a quarantine station. Dogs not to be allowed out except on a lead or fitted with appropriate muzzle, absolute liability of owner, etc. Permit required for certain movements. Discretion of veterinary officer. Veterinary officer may impose conditions. Slaughter of dog or cat for food prohibited. Onus of proof. Penalty. G.N.A. 79/51. G.N.A. 34/50. G.N.A. 10/50. G.N.A. 16/50. [20th January 1950]. G.N.A. 17/50. [20th January 1950]. G.N.A. 32/50. [16th February 1950].

G.N.A. 10/50. G.N.A. 34/50. G.N.A. 79/51. Citation. Interpretation. (Cap. 167.) (Cap. 97.) Dogs to be licensed. [r. 3. cont.] Fees for dog licences. Validity of licences. Dogs to be inoculated once every twelve months. No dogs licence unless dog is inoculated. Metal badges to be issued in respect of and worn by licensed dogs. Dog and cat bites to be reported to police. Fees payable in respect of detention in Government observation kennels. Duty to report to police rabies or suspected rabies of dog or cat. Duty in cases of suspected rabies. Importation of dog or cat without veterinary officer's permit prohibited. Certain certificate required before issue of import permit. Veterinary officer may dispense with certificate in certain cases. Duty to report arrival of dog or cat in waters of Colony. Duty of master to call for quarantine or import permit. Duty of owner, charterers, agents and captain in the event of dogs and cats arriving by aircraft. Dogs and cats to go to quarantine station when permit issued. Payment and recovery of fees in respect of detention of dog or cat in a quarantine station. Dogs not to be allowed out except on a lead or fitted with appropriate muzzle, absolute liability of owner, etc. Permit required for certain movements. Discretion of veterinary officer. Veterinary officer may impose conditions. Slaughter of dog or cat for food prohibited. Onus of proof. Penalty. G.N.A. 79/51. G.N.A. 34/50. G.N.A. 10/50. G.N.A. 16/50. [20th January 1950]. G.N.A. 17/50. [20th January 1950]. G.N.A. 32/50. [16th February 1950].

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