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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.

Importation of Dogs.

No. 37-1912.

31st July.

AN ORDINANCE relating to the importation of Dogs.
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[L.S.]
GEORGE B. LE HUNTE,
GOVERNOR.
6th August, 1912,




BE it enacted by the Governor of Trinidad and Tobago
with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council
thereof as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Importation of ShortTitle.
Dogs Ordinance, 1912.
2. In this Ordinance "prescribed" means prescribed by Interpreta-
regulation made in the manner hereinafter appearing. tlon.
3.-(1.) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Executive Prohibition of
Council from time to time by proclamation to prohibit the importation.
importation of dogs into this Colony during the continuance
of such proclamation from any specified country or part of
such country either altogether or subject to regulations made
in the manner hereinafter mentioned.
(2.) Every such proclamation shall come into force at
the time therein stated and shall be published in the Boyal
Gazette.
(3.) Any such proclamation may from time to time be
altered or revoked by the Governor in Executive Council.





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No. 37. Importation of Dogs. 1912.
Penalty. 4. The master of any vessel from which any dog is landed
in contravention of any proclamation under this Ordinance,
and any person landing or assisting or allowing any such
dog to be so landed, shall be guilty of an offence, and on con-
viction shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding Twenty
Pounds, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour for
any term not exceeding six months.
Regulations 5.-(1.) The Governor in Executive Council may make
Ssorion.i regulations providing for :
(a.) The conditions under which dogs may be landed
in this Colony;
(b.) The detention of dogs in prescribed places, and
the length of the period of such detention;
(c.) The manner of conveying dogs to such places and
the charges to be made for such conveyance;
(d.) The amount to be paid for the keep of dogs and
for any medicines supplied for their use during
detention;
(e.) The manner and conditions of removing dogs
from places of detention;
(f.) The proper supervision of places of detention
and the appointment of persons to see that the
provisions of this Ordinance are carried into
effect therein;
(g.) The manner in which dogs are to be kept in
places of detention; and
(h.) The conditions under which dogs confined in
places of detention may be killed;
And may attach to the breach of any such regulation a
penalty not exceeding 10 or imprisonment with or without
hard labour for any term not exceeding three months.
(2.) All regulations made under this Ordinance shall be
published in the Royal Gazette.
Procedure. 6. Any offence under this Ordinance may be prosecuted
before a Magistrate according to the procedure prescribed by
the Summary Conviction Offences (Procedure) Ordinance
No. 1.
epeal, 7. Ordinance No. 278 is hereby repealed.








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No. 37. Importation of Dogs. 1912.
Passed in Council this thirty-first day of July, in
the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve.



HARRY L. KNAGGS,
Clerk of the Council.