Control of Dogs Rules

LAWS OF MALA\\'l Control and D;scases of Animals Cap. 66:02 Crmtrol r>/ Dogs Ruh•s ARRANGEMENT OF RULES RULE I. Citation, commencement and applicatiqn 2. Interpretation 3. Registering authorities 4. Application for registration of dog 5. Certificates of registratinn nnd register 6. Expiry nf cer1ilic:1tc~ or registration 7. Separate certificates or registration to be issued 8. Tags 9. Duplicate tags and certilirntes of registration JO. Appli1.:,111b flll ccrtifil.·,1tcs of registration or renewal thereof to tender e,·idcncc I if y:u:cinalion, etc. 11. Dogs to wear collars 12. Transfer of ownership of dog 13. Production or dog and certificate 14. Dogs from outside area 15. Exemptions 16. Fees 17. Offences First Schedule Second Schedule CONTROL OF UOGS RULES under s. 8 59-60 [Subsidiar)·] G.N. 265/1971 5/1973 6/1973 1.-(1) These Rules may he cited ns the Control of Dogs Rules. Citation, (2) These Rules shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notice, appoint: Provided that rnlcs 11. 12, 13 and 17 shall not come into operation until one month after that Jatc. (3) These Rules shall apply in such Districts or parts thereof as the Minister may specify by notice published in the Gazette. 2. In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires "area" means a District or part thereof lo which these Rules have been applied under subrule 1 (3); "certificate of registration.. means a certificate of registration issued under rule 5; "registered" means registered under these Rules and cognate expressions bear com:sponding meanings; "registering authority" means- a registering .authority referred to in rule 3; Cl.lllllllCIKC lllCllt and application I utcrprcta• tion L.R.0. J f 1980 LAWS OF I\IALA WI Control and Diseases of Animals Cap. 66:02 Colllrol of Dog.'/ Rules "vaccination certificate" means a cc:rtitknte is<st1e:d hy an inspector under rule 10 of the Prevention of Rabies Rules. 61 Cap. 66:02 sub. leg. p. 44 3. The local authority for any District, Of part of a District, Registering shall be the registering authority for such District, or part thereof: authorities Provided that the M inistcr may by notice published in the Gazette declare that with respect to the area rekrred to in the notice such person or authority as he may therein specify shall be the registering authority for such area in lieu of the local authority therefor. 4. Application for the registration under these Rules of any Arplication dog shall be made either orally on in writing to the registering for h · ' · h" h h 1· ·, "d registration aut ority ,or the area lll w 1c t e npp 1cnnt is rest ent. or dog 5. Every owner of an unregistered dog of the apparent age of Ccrtilic:ales six months or over shall register sucl1 dog and obtain in respect ~f registra thereof a certific.:1ti, of registration. Such certificate shall be in ~~~~te~d Form A in the First Schedule and each registering authority shall maintain a register consisting of duplicate copies of all certificates of registration issued by it. 6.~(]) Unless renewed under subrule (2), a certificate of Expiry of registration shall expire after twelve months from the date of certilil:atcs . f h ·r. llf lSSUC O t e CCrtlncate. rcgis1ratinn (2) Upon application made either orally or in writing. and upon payment of the prescribed fee, a currently valid certificate or registration may. on its being produced by the applicant, be renewed for a further period or one year by the registering of the area in which the owner llf the dog to wl1ich such certificate relates has his place of residence at the time of such application. 7. A separate certificate or registration shall be issued in respect of each dog registered. 8. A registering authority shall, when issuing, or n:m:wiug a certificate of registration also issue to the owner of the dog to which the certificate relates a tag stamped with a distinctive number and with the name of such registcri,lg authority. Tim number stamped on each tag shall be clearly entered on the certificate to which it relates by the registering authority. Separate ccrl ilicalcs of rcgisl rati!>n to be i,~ucd l:\g", 9.-(l) On production of n currently valid certificate or regis- l,uplic:ile tration to the registering authority ,vhich originally issued it, cerlilkatcs such authority shal1 1 on payment of the prescribed fee, issue a ~[gi,traiion duplicate tag in replacement of one which is established to the satisfaction of the authori1y to ha Ye been stolen, lost or destroyed. (2) On production of such C\'idcnce as the registering authority may consider satisfactory of the theft. loss or destruction of any currently valid certificate of registration, and upon payment uf l..R.O. 1/1971 62 [Subsidiary] Applicants for certificates or registration or renewal thereof to tender o:vidcncc of v a cc i nation, C(C. Attachments of tugs to Jogs Transfer of ownership of dog PrnJw;tion of dog and ,.,;ertificate Dogs from outside an,a Exemptions Fees LAWS OF MALA \\'I Cap. 66:02 Control and Diseases of Animals Coll!rol of Dogs Rules the prescribed fee, such authority shall issue a duplicate certificate of registration in r.cplacement of the one stolen, lost or destroyed. 10. Any person applying for a ccrtif1cate or duplicate certilicate vf n:gi::.lrativn for a dug, ur for th\: r\:111.:wal vf ~Lli..:h a u:rtifti.;al-.,:, shall at the time of such application tender the prescribed fee and shall produce for the inspection of the registering authority concerned a vaccination certificate relating to such dog issued not more than thirty six months prior to such application, and, if so required by the authority, the dog itself. No such authority may issue, or renew, a certificate of registration if the person applying therefor fails fully to comply with the provisions of this rule. 11. Every tag issued in respect of a dog under rule 8 shall be attached to that dog by such means as tile Secretary may prescribe: Provided that the registering authority may, on being satisfied that the owner of any dog causes and will cause such dog to wear a collar at all times, permit such tag to be attached to such dog by means of its collar. 12. On the transfer of any registered dog from one person to another, the relevant certificate of registration shall be forwarded to the registering authority which issued it (or in the case of a renewed certificate, \vh.ich last renewed it) the transferee's name and address shall be endorsed on such certificate, if it is currently valid. Such endorsement shall be deemed to constitute an issue of such certificate to the transferee. 13. Every owner of a dog which is required to be registered under these Rules shall, if requested by any inspector or police ofiicer, and witrun a reasonable time after such request, produce or cause to be produced for inspection by such inspector or police officer, the certificate of registration relating to such dog and at the same time, if so required, lite dog itself'. 14. The provisions of these Rules shall not a1~ply to any unregistered dog introduced into an area with the permission in writing of the registering authority for such area or an inspector until such dog has been in such area for a period of fourteen days if such dog is led on a leash or chain when in any street or public place. 15. The Minister may by notice· published in the Gazette exempt any owner, or any class of owner. from all or any of the provisions of these Rules. 16. The fees specified in the second column of the Second Schedule shall be payable to the registering authority for the matters and things specified in the first column of that Schedule. LAWS OF l\JALA\\'I Control and Diseases of A11i111r,ls Cap. 6..-;;02 C()11trol of Dogs Rules 17. Any person who (a) being the owner of a dog fails or neglects to register such dog when required to do so under these Rules or, having so registered it, fails or neglects to keep the relevant certificate of registration currently valid; (b) being the owner of a dog fails to comply with any of the provisions of rules l l, l 2 or l .1: or (c) causes or permits any tag issued under these Rules to be borne on a collar worn by any dog other than the dog in respect of which such tag wns issued, shall commit an offence and be liable, for a lirst offence, to a line of fifty Kv.,acha and imprisonment for three months, and for a second or subsequent offence be liable to a flne of one hundred K wacha and to imprisonment for six months. FIRST SCHEDULE FORM A CONTROL AND DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT (CAP. 66:02) CONTROL OF DOGS RULES CERTI F!CATE OF REGISTRATION/RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION OF A DOG (Rl'.LE 5) It is hereby certified that one LlDg. hereunder described, the property of.............................. . ............................ . (l\'ame w1d wldrcs., 1f 0\\'11<'1') has been registered under the Control of Dogs Rules Rr~erl •-••··••-•·····································Sex ................ , ... . Colour, markings. etc., for purpose ell' identification: (Here put cfcscnp11011 of dog) and that tag number .................................. has (this day)* been issued in respect ther·eof. And that the fee of 751 has been paid. (or Rt'gi:,•lf::ring Audwrity Date This Certificate 111u~t h,• produced fn1· rem·wal on *Delete where inapplicable. 6.'l [Subsidiary] Offences L.R.O. 1/1974 64 [Subsidiary I Cap. 66:02 LAWS OF l\tALA'VI Control and Diseases of Animals Colllrol of Dogs Rules (Application) i\'otict SECOND SCHEDULE FEES PA y ARLE (RULE 16) First Column Second Colum11 Registering any dog under these Rules and issuing the relevant Certificate of registration 75t Renewing any Cenificace of registration . .. 75t For each duplicate tag or Certificate or registration supplied 50t