Interference with homing pigeons
47 Interference with homing pigeons
A person who—
without lawful authority, kills, injures or takes any homing pigeon; or
enters upon any land for the purpose of killing, injuring or taking any homing pigeon without lawful authority, is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $250.
Upon the conviction of a person for an offence against subsection (1), the court may order the convicted person to pay to the owner of the pigeon killed, injured or taken in contravention of that subsection a sum equal to the value of that pigeon.
It is a defence to a charge of killing, injuring or taking a homing pigeon contrary to subsection (1) to prove that the defendant was the owner or occupier of improved or cultivated land, or a person acting under the instructions of any such owner or occupier, and killed, injured or took the pigeon while it was actually upon that land or any building on that land.
In this section—
homing pigeon means a pigeon having a ring affixed or attached to either or both legs;
take includes to ensnare or catch.
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