Chapter 6 of Title 28 of the Pohnpei State Code - Livestock

CHAPTER 6 LIVESTOCK Section 6-101 Control of livestock required 6-102 Impounding 6-103 Penalties 28 PC 6-101. Control of livestock required. Any person or persons owning any animal or animals, including, but not limited to, cattle, carabao, pigs, goats, dogs or chickens, shall provide a means of control sufficient to prevent the animal or animals from causing damage to another’s property, injury to people or creating unsanitary conditions or odors affecting another person or persons’ health or comfort; PROVIDED, that fences shall not be required for the control of an animal or animals unless evidence to the individual animal or animals clearly shows that a fence is necessary, or unless a local government, by duly enacted ordinance, shall so require. Source: PDC §11-1(a), 3/71; D.L. No. 3L-75-73 §1, 12/26/73; D.L. No. 3L-109-75 §1, 5/26/75; S.L. No. 5L-14-00 §3-52, 10/1/00 28 PC 6-102. Impounding. Any stray livestock may be impounded by any person if such livestock is found doing damage to property, injury to people or creating unsanitary conditions and odors which affect people’s health and comfort, and that person shall notify the chief executive of the local jurisdiction, mayor of the town or Chief of the Division of Police and Security or their duly appointed representatives within three days of the capture. The person impounding a stray animal may claim just compensation for its keep from the owner, or may keep the animal if no owner appears within 60 days. Source: PDC §11-1(b), 3/71; S.L. No. 5L-14-00 §3-52, 10/1/00 28 PC 6-103. Penalties. Any person who is found negligent in carrying out 26 PC 6-101, or any person who willfully causes livestock to damage property, injure people or create unsanitary conditions and odors affecting people’s health and comfort, whether owned by him or not, or any person who fails to report the capture of any stray livestock as provided for in 26 PC 6-102 shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned for a period of not more than three months, or fined not more than $50, or both such fine and imprisonment. Source: PDC §11-1(c), 3/71; S.L. No. 5L-14-00 §3-52, 10/1/00