POUNDS ORDINANCE ORDINANCE

POUNDS ORDINANCE ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

POUNDS ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 168





CHAPTER 168

POUNDS

Tomake provision for impounding stray animals and for the disposal
thereof.

[I st December, 1911.1

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Pounds Ordinance.

(Amended, 5 of 1924, s. 6)

1A. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

'Director' means the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Deputy
Director of Agriculture and Fisheries and any Assistant Director of
Agriculture and Fisheries;

,.officer' means-

(a)any officer of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department
authorized in writing for the purposes of this Ordinance by the
Director; and

(b) any police officer.

(Added, 3 of 1977, s. 2)

2. Any animal found at large without any person having the charge
thereof, and which in the opinion of any officer appears to have been
lost or to be doing damage, may be seized by such officer and
impounded in any convenient place, and may be detained therein until
the owner thereof has paid to the Director the reasonable expenses of
impounding and keeping such animal, together with the pound fee.

(Amended, 50 of 1911 51 of 1911; 16 of 1912, Schedule;
17 of 1912, Schedule, 33 of 1939, Schedule, and 3 of 1977,
s.3)

3. The Governor in Council may by regulation provide for pound
fees for animals generally or for any particular class of animal.

(Amended, 51 of 1911; 17 of 1912, Schedule, and 43 of 1912,
Supp. Schedule, G.N. 246113, and 3 qf 1977, s. 4)

4. (1) If the said expenses and pound fee be not paid within 3 days
after such impounding, notice of the intention to sell the animal shall be
published in the Gazette.





(2) If the expenses of impounding and keeping the animal
and of the publication in the Gazette and the pound fee are not
paid within 7 days after the said publication, it shall be lawful for
the Director to cause the animal to be sold either by private treaty
or by public auction as he may think fit, and the purchaser thereof
shall acquire a good title. If the animal is unsaleable, or if in the
opinion of the Director it is an unsaleable animal, it may be destroyed
or otherwise disposed of as he may direct. (Amended, 51 of 1911;
17 of 1912, Schedule and 43 of 1912, Supp. Schedule, G.N. 246113,
and 3 of 1977, s. 5)

(3) The money arising from such sale, after deducting the
above-mentioned expenses and fee and the expenses of the sale,
shall be paid on demand to the owner of the animal:

Provided that if such demand is not made within 1 month after
the sale all right to make it shall cease and the money shall be paid
into the general revenue. (Amended, 50 of 1911; 21 of 1912, s. 2)

5. Any person who releases or attempts to release any
animal from any place where it has been impounded, or who pulls
down, damages or destroys such place or any part thereof with
intent to procure the release of such animal, shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine of $1,000 and to imprisonment for
6 months.
(Amended, 3 of 1977, s. 6)
Originally 54 of 1911. (Cap. 168, 1950.) 50 of 1911. 51 of 1911. 16 of 1912. 17 of 1912. 21 of 1912. 43 of 1912. 5 of 1924. 18 of 1929. 25 of 1937. 33 of 1939. 3 of 1977. Short title. Interpretation. Impounding stray animal. [cf. 1847 c. 89, s. 24.] Pound fees. Power to sell impounded animals. [cf. 1847 c. 89, s. 25.] Pound breach. [cf. 1847 c. 89, s. 26.]

Originally 54 of 1911. (Cap. 168, 1950.) 50 of 1911. 51 of 1911. 16 of 1912. 17 of 1912. 21 of 1912. 43 of 1912. 5 of 1924. 18 of 1929. 25 of 1937. 33 of 1939. 3 of 1977. Short title. Interpretation. Impounding stray animal. [cf. 1847 c. 89, s. 24.] Pound fees. Power to sell impounded animals. [cf. 1847 c. 89, s. 25.] Pound breach. [cf. 1847 c. 89, s. 26.]

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