To make provision for impounding stray animals and for the disposal thereof.
[1 December 1911]
(Format changes—E.R. 2 of 2018)
In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires—
Director (署長) means the Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation, the Deputy Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation and any Assistant Director of Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation; (Amended L.N. 331 of 1999) officer (人員) means—(a)any officer of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department authorized in writing for the purposes of this Ordinance by the Director; and (Amended L.N. 331 of 1999)(b)any police officer.(Added 3 of 1977 s. 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; 3 of 1977 s. 3)
[cf. 1847 c. 89 s. 24 U.K.]
The Chief Executive 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; 43 of 1912 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 246 of 1913; 3 of 1977 s. 4; 65 of 1999 s. 3)
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.
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; 43 of 1912 Supp. Schedule; G.N. 246 of 1913; 3 of 1977 s. 5)
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)
[cf. 1847 c. 89 s. 25 U.K.]
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 at level 1 and to imprisonment for 6 months.
(Amended 3 of 1977 s. 6; E.R. 3 of 2021)
[cf. 1847 c. 89 s. 26 U.K.]