DOGS ORDINANCE, 1893

DOGS ORDINANCE, 1893

ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1893.

Dogs

AN ORDINANCE to make provision for regulating the Keeping
of Dogs and for the Prevention of the Importation and
Spread of Rabies.
[26th June,1893.]
WHEREAS it is expedient that the conditions under which dogs
may be kept in this Colony should be duly regulated and that
the importation and spread of rabies should be prevented:
BE it therefore enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,with the advice
and consent of the Legislative Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Dogs Ordinance,1893.
2.In this Ordinance,unless the context otherwise requires,-
'Owner' includes the person in charge or apparently in charge of any dog where the real owner is not in the Colony or cannot be
readily ascertained:
'Dog' includes the male and female animal,but does not include
puppies under the age of three months.
8.-(1.)No person shall keep a dog in this Colony without a licence
from the Captain Superintendent of Police.
(2.)The fee payable for each dog included in such licence shall be
one dollar and a half;but no fee shall be payable for any dog kept by
an agriculurist in any outlying district in cases when it is shown,to
the satisfaction of the Captian Superintendent of Police,that such dog
is kept solely as a watch dog and is necessary for that purpose.
(3.)Every licence shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of
the year in which it is taken out.
4.-(1.)With each licence the Captain Superintendent of a Police
shall,without extra fee,issue,for each dog included in such licence,a
metal badge duly numbered.
(2.)Such badge shall be worn by the dog either attached to its collar
or otherwise fastened on to its neck.
5.The Governor-in-Council may from time to time make,and,when
made,revoke or vary ,such regulations as may seem to the Governor-in-
Council necessary or expedient for enforcing promopt report being made
to the Police of all cases of rabies or suspected rabies,and for pre-
scribing the conditions under and in accordance with which dogs may
be imported into or kept in this Colony or allowed to go abroad in the
public thoroughfares or elsewhere,and for seizing,detaining ,destroying,
or otherwise dealing with or disposing of any dogs whch may be
imported,kept,or allowed to go abroad,otherwise than under and in
accordance with such conditions.
6.The contravention of any enactment of this Ordinance or of any
regulation made thereunder shall be an offence punishable on summary
conviction before a Magistrate with a fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars and,in default of payment thereof,with imprisonment,with or
without hard labour,for any term not exceeding six months.
7.Every person who obstructs or impedes,or assists in obstructing
or impeding,any officer or constable of Police in the enforcement of this
Ordinance or of any regulations made thereunder may be apprehended
by such officer or constable without warrant. Section 26. Prohibition of keeping dog without licence, fee therefor, etc. Issue and wearing of badge. Making of regulations. Penalty for contravention of the Ordinance or regulations. Obstructing officer, etc.

Section 26. Prohibition of keeping dog without licence, fee therefor, etc. Issue and wearing of badge. Making of regulations. Penalty for contravention of the Ordinance or regulations. Obstructing officer, etc.

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