s.24Dog licences
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Section 24Part 5 — Licensing of Dogs

Dog licences

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Subject to this section, a person shall not keep a dog over the age of four months unless —
that person is sixteen years of age or older; and
that person holds a dog licence for the dog.
A dog licence is personal to the person to whom the dog licence is issued and is not transferable.
A person who imports a dog into the Islands is not required to hold a dog licence in respect of that dog if —
before the dog is imported the Director is satisfied that the dog will be exported from the Islands within the period of thirty days from the date of the importation; and
the dog is exported from the Islands within that period.
A person to whom a licence under section 29 has been issued is not required to hold a licence for a dog under the age of four months which was born and is being kept at premises to which the licence relates.
A person is not required to obtain a licence for a dog which is being kept by a society established for the purpose of caring for animals.
Subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5), a person who keeps a dog contrary to subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine of five hundred dollars.

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