Finance Act, 1925

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Penalties and offences in relation to dog duty.

39.—(1) The penalties imposed by this Act in relation to dog duty shall be excise penalties and the provisions of any Act for the time being in force in relation to the recovery of excise penalties shall apply accordingly to the recovery of such penalties.

(2) In any prosecution for an offence in relation to dog duty the burden of proof of the age of the dog to which the prosecution relates shall lie on the person prosecuted.

(3) For the purposes of this Act a dog shall be deemed to be kept by its owner, but for the purposes of a prosecution for an offence in relation to dog duty a dog may be deemed to be kept also by the occupier of any house, apartments, kennels, or other premises in which the dog is kept or permitted to live or remain unless such occupier proves to the satisfaction of the court that he is not the owner and has not the custody of the dog and that such dog was kept or permitted to live or remain on such premises without his consent.