Pound Decree (cap. 126)

THE LAWS OF ZANZIBAR CHAPTER 126 POUND (PRINCIPAL LEGISLATION) PRINTED AN!) PUBLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, ZANZIBAR OAP. i26 2 CAP. 126.]. found 14 of 1924. Cap.125, 1934. 26of 1937. Short title. No animal to be allowed to stray. Penalty for permitting animal to stray. Power to seize and impound straying animal. {:HAPTER 126 POUND ARI{q\.NGEMENT OF SECTIONS 1. Short title. 2. No animal to be allowed to stray. 3. Penalty for permitting-animal to stray. 4. Power to seize and impound straying animal. 5. Seizure of straying animal by owner of property. 6. Disposal of animal seized. 7. Power to make Rules. A Decree to enable Straying Animals to be Inwounded · [8TH SEPTEMBER, 1924.] 1. This Decree may be cited as·the Pound Decree; 2. No person being the owner, hirer, o:t, for the time being the keeper of any animal or animals whether domestfo or otherwise of any discrip" tion whatsoever shall permit·such-animal to "wander oE.stray..in .. orupon any public or private premises, lands, str~ets', roads, :or thoroughfares the property of the Government or of any corporation or individual other than the property of. the owner, hirer or keeper as ~foresaid · of such animal or animals, or property the user whereof has befn duly authorise4 in that behalf. 3. Any person as aforesaid who permit~ ariy animal so to stray -or wander shall be liable on first corivlction to ~ fine not eX:ceedh1g sevrnty fi ve shillings or to imprisonment for a term .not exceeding ·one month, or to both, and on a subsequent conviction to a fine not· -exceeding one hundred and fifty shillings or imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both. 4. Any member of the Zanzibar P.olice Force maw seize any such animal so wandering or straying as aforesaid and co!i vey such animal to any place that may be 11-ppointed by th.e Brit~sh Resident for the reception th~reof, and in the event of such animal not being claimed by its owner or other person as af 9resaid and any cha¥ges and expenses incidental to its seizure and maintenance not being paid by such owner or other person as ~foresaid within- seven days from such seizure, the said animal m:ay be sold by public auction, -and the proceeds of such Pound fCAPcl26. 3 auction sale, after deduction of the charges and expenses as aforesaid and incidental to the said sale, 'shall be handed to such person as shall satisfy the Commissioner of Police that he is the proper person to receive the same: Provided that in the case of any cat so seized it shall be ~lawful for the Commissioner of Police to impound such cat for a period of forty eight hours from the time of its seizure and, if within that time the owner or other person as aforesaid has failed to claim it and pay any charges and expenses incidental to its seizure ·and maintenance, to destroy or otherwise ,dispose of it in such manner as the Commissioner of Police may thi nk fit. 5.-. (l) .. Any persqn,the owner, occupier odn cha~ge of any immovable property as before described may seize any such animal so wandering or strayin.g .. a,s aforesajd and convey the same or cause to be conveyed to the .place ;appointed under section 4 or hand over the said animal to .any member of the Zanzibar Police Force for conveyance thereto. (2). Any such person or any member of the Zanzibar Police Force who ha s ;s~izeq or received any such animal so seized as aforesaid as the case ma.Y.:® may apply to. any magis.trate for a summons against the person described in. sections 2 and.3. 26 of::1937, s.2. Seizure of straying animal by owner of property. Ci. Any. animal that has been seized as aforesaid by a member of the Di~posal of Zaq.ziba,r Poli~ :Force: or by any person as aforesaid may in the~iscretion :1:f of the Commissioner. of Police or officer in charge of the pound be examined by a veterinary officer or such other officer as the British Resident may appoint in that behalf. Any such animal which in the opinion ,of the said v~terinary' or other· 'Officer is suffering from such a disease .or injury as to render it necessary or advisable that such animal pe slaughtered or destroyed or otherwise dealt with in the circumstances may, .be so slaughtered, destroyed or otherwise dealt with at the expense of the owner or keeper thereof (if known) and the said owner or keeper shall have no claim for any compensation in respect thereof against the Government or any officer thereof who acts in good faith. 7. The Resident in Council may from time to time make Rules prescribing the charges to be levied in respect of any animal seized under this Decree generally for carrying out the provisions of this Decree. Power to make Rules. G.N. 74of 19S6.