Control of Dogs Act, 1986
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Offences and penalities. |
27.—(1) Any person who keeps a dog without a licence contrary to section 2 of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100 in respect of each such dog kept by such person. | |
(2) Any person who— | ||
(a) takes or transfers possession of a dog before the issue of a licence in respect of the dog contrary to section 2 of this Act, or | ||
(b) fails to comply with the provisions of section 13 (1) or 13 (2) of this Act, or | ||
(c) fails to produce a licence when requested so to do under section 16 of this Act by a dog warden, or | ||
(d) is in breach of any bye-law made by a local authority under section 17 of this Act, or | ||
(e) is in breach of any regulation relating to any matter specified in section 19 (2) (d), (e), (f) or (g) of this Act, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £100. | ||
(3) Any person who— | ||
(a) is in breach of any regulation made pursuant to section 19 (2) (a), (b) or (c) of this Act, or | ||
(b) permits the carcase of any livestock to remain unburied contrary to section 24 of this Act, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500. | ||
(4) Any person who— | ||
(a) fails to comply with the provisions of section 9 (1) of this Act, or | ||
(b) fails to comply with the provisions of section 10 (1) of this Act, or | ||
(c) leads, or causes or permits to be led by any one person more than four greyhounds at a time in a public place contrary to section 10 (2) of this Act, or | ||
(d) keeps a dog while he is disqualified from holding a licence under section 18 of this Act, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £500, or, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month, or, at the discretion of the court, to both such fine and such imprisonment. | ||
(5) The Minister may, by regulations, vary the maximum amount of a fine specified in subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this section or in section 9 or section 16 of this Act. | ||
(6) Where regulations are proposed to be made under subsection (5) of this section, a draft of the regulations shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House. |