DOGS ACT 1906 - SECT 3 Seizure of stray dogs.

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DOGS ACT 1906 - SECT 3

Seizure of stray dogs.

3.(1) Where a police officer has reason to believe that any dog ... is a stray
dog, he may seize the dog and may detain it until the owner has claimed it and
paid all expenses incurred by reason of its detention.

(2) Where any dog so seized wears a collar having inscribed thereon or
attached thereto the address of any person, or the owner of the dog is known,
the chief officer of police, or any person authorised by him in that behalf,
shall serve on the person whose address is given on the collar, or on the
owner, a notice in writing stating that the dog has been so seized, and will
be liable to be sold or destroyed if not claimed within seven clear days after
the service of the notice.

(3) A notice under this section may be served either

(a)by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served; or

(b)by leaving it at that person's usual or last known place of abode, or at
the address given on the collar; or

(c)by forwarding it by post in a prepaid letter addressed to that person at
his usual or last known place of abode, or at the address given on the collar.

(4) Where any dog so seized has been detained for seven clear days after the
seizure, or, in the case of such a notice as aforesaid having been served with
respect to the dog, then for seven clear days after the service of the notice,
and the owner has not claimed the dog and paid all expenses incurred by reason
of its detention, the chief officer of police, or any person authorised by him
in that behalf, may cause the dog to be sold or destroyed in a manner to cause
as little pain as possible.

(5) No dog so seized shall be given or sold for the purposes of vivisection.

(6) The chief officer of police of a police area shall keep, or cause to be
kept, one or more registers of all dogs seized under this section in that area
which are not transferred to an establishment for the reception of stray dogs.
The register shall contain a brief description of the dog, the date of
seizure, and particulars as to the manner in which the dog is disposed of, and
every such register shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times by any
member of the public on payment of a fee of [5p].

(7) The police shall not dispose of any dog seized under this section by
transferring it to an establishment for the reception of stray dogs unless a
register is kept for that establishment containing such particulars as to dogs
received in the establishment as are above mentioned, and such register is
open to inspection by the public on payment of a fee not exceeding [5p].

(8) The police officer or other person having charge of any dog detained under
this section shall cause the dog to be properly fed and maintained.

Subs.(9) rep. by 1954 c.9 (NI) s.29 sch.7

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DOGS ACT 1906 - SECT 3