Unregistered dogs
21 Unregistered dogs
(1) Subject to this by‑law, a person who keeps an unregistered dog in the Municipality is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $200.
An offence under clause (1) is a regulatory offence.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against clause (1) if the person charged with the offence proves that the dog had not been usually kept within the Municipality for a period of 3 consecutive months before the date of the alleged offence.
Clause (1) and by‑law 22 do not apply to:
the manager of the pound keeping a dog in the pound;
(b) the Registrar, in the course of the exercise or performance of the Registrar's powers or functions under these By‑laws;
(c) a person boarding a dog for the owner of the dog for less than 3 months;
a dog under the age of 3 months;
(d) the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (N.T.) Incorporated keeping a dog in a refuge maintained by it; or
a veterinarian keeping a dog for the purposes of treatment.
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