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Offences and penalties.
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9.—The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following section for section 27:
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“27.—(1) A person who—
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(a) keeps or takes or transfers possession of a dog contrary to section 2 of this Act, or
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(b) fails to comply with the provisions of section 9 (1) or 10 or subsection (1) or (2) of section 13 of this Act, or
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(c) fails to produce a licence when requested so to do under section 16 of this Act, or
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(d) is in breach of any bye-law under section 17 of this Act, or
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(e) keeps a dog when he is disqualified for holding a licence under section 18 of this Act, or
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(f) is in breach of any regulation under section 19 of this Act, or
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(g) permits the carcase of any livestock to remain unburied contrary to section 24 of this Act,
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shall be guilty of an offence.
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(2) A person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.”.
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