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Offences.
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9.—Every person who—
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(a) damages or breaks into any pound, or
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(b) releases from or takes out of any pound any animals or chattels lawfully impounded therein, or
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(c) uses violence, threats, or bribes for the purpose of securing the release from or the taking away of any animals or chattels lawfully impounded in any pound, or
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(d) uses violence, threats, or bribes for the purpose of inducing or preventing any person who has been appointed under this Act to be a pound-keeper or to be assistant to a pound-keeper from undertaking or executing the office of such keeper or assistant or for the purpose of inducing any such person to execute the duties of such office corruptly or negligently,
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shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding nine months or, at the discretion of the court, to both such fine and such imprisonment.
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