Refund of fee on cancellation
19 Refund of fee on cancellation
Where on the cancellation of the registration of a dog that was registered for an extended period, the person who was the registered owner returns the registration tag to the local government, the local government shall refund to the person such proportion of the registration fee as may be prescribed.
[Section 19 inserted: No. 23 of 1987 s. 18; amended: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]
20. Offences relating to registration etc.
A person who —
wilfully inserts or omits, or permits to be inserted or omitted, in any application for the grant or renewal of a registration any matter or thing whatsoever contrary to, or for the purpose of concealing, the truth; or
[(b) deleted]
keeps any dog wearing a registration tag —
[(i) deleted]
issued in respect of another dog; or
in respect of a registration which is cancelled;
or
wrongfully removes or defaces any registration tag issued under this Act, or makes, uses, purchases or has in his possession any counterfeit or false certificate of registration or registration tag or any thing apparently intended to resemble or pass for the same,
commits an offence.
Penalty for this subsection:
for an offence relating to a dangerous dog, a fine of $10 000;
for an offence relating to a dog other than a dangerous dog, a fine of $5 000.
Where by regulations it is provided that a prescribed tattoo appearing on a dog may be accepted by a local government as proof that the dog has been sterilised, a person who applies that tattoo, or causes the same to be applied, to an unsterilised dog commits an offence.
Penalty: a fine of $5 000.
[Section 20 amended: No. 23 of 1987 s. 19 and 44; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 24 of 1996 s. 16; No. 18 of 2013 s. 20; No. 29 of 2021 s. 20(1) and (2).]
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