4(1)Subject to subsection (3), every owner of a dog shall before the last day of January in each year

4(2)A person who becomes an owner of a dog after the last day of January in any year shall register the dog within thirty days of becoming the owner and shall pay the licence fee prescribed in paragraph (1)(b).

4(3)An owner who keeps dogs for breeding, boarding or any other like purposes may, subject to section 5, be issued a kennel licence which, subject to subsection (5), shall apply to each and every dog in the kennel until the dog is sold or otherwise leaves the kennel.

4(4)A kennel licence fee is twenty-five dollars.

4(5)A licence issued under this Regulation expires on the last day of the calendar year in which it is issued.

4(6)The Municipal Representative, at the time of registration of a dog, shall issue to the owner a licence tag showing the number under which the dog is registered and the year of registration.

4(7)A licence tag which is lost after it has been issued may be replaced by the Municipal Representative upon application by the owner and the payment of twenty-five cents.

5(1)Prior to the issuance of a kennel licence as envisaged herein, the Dog Constable shall satisfy himself by inspection that the kennel is so constructed and is being so operated that in his reasonable opinion it adequately provides for the health, safety, hygiene and comfort of the dogs at any time housed therein; and no kennel licence shall be issued until the Dog Constable is so satisfied.

5(2)At any time during the existence of an issued kennel licence the Dog Constable may during daylight hours inspect the kennel in respect of which the kennel licence has been issued for the purpose of satisfying himself that in his reasonable opinion the kennel is being operated so as to adequately provide for the health, safety, hygiene and comfort of the dogs at any time housed therein; and in the event that the Dog Constable is not so satisfied he shall require that the operations of the kennel be so conducted as in his reasonable opinion to forthwith adequately provide for the health, safety, hygiene and comfort of such dogs; failing which the Dog Constable may cancel the kennel licence.

6(1)The owner of a dog which has not been vaccinated against rabies shall cause the dog to be so vaccinated

6(2)An owner who neglects or refuses to have his dog vaccinated under this section commits an offence and is punishable upon summary conviction therefore to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than two hundred dollars.

6(3)The Dog Constable shall seize and cause to be destroyed immediately any dog which is known to be or suspected of being rabid.

7(1)For the purposes of this section a dog suspected of being rabid shall be considered dangerous.

7(2)A judge of the Provincial Court, upon complaint being made to him that a dog is alleged to have bitten or attempted to bite a person may summon the owner of the dog to appear and show cause why the dog should not be destroyed and may, if from the evidence produced it appears that the dog has bitten a person, make an order directing

7(3)A person failing to comply with an order under subsection (2) is liable to a fine not exceeding five dollars for every day that he fails to comply.

7(4)The Dog Constable shall seize and impound any dog found running at large and

7(5)Before the Dog Constable sells or destroys a dog which is impounded, he

7(6)The Dog Constable shall collect from the owner before releasing the dog the sum of five dollars for each day or part thereof during which the dog has been impounded and maintained, or from the purchaser at the time of the sale of the dog the total of all costs of seizing, impounding and maintaining the dog.

7(7)The Dog Constable is authorized to make use of tranquilizer guns and other tranquilizing devices on dogs in the course of carrying out his duties hereunder.

7(8)When destroying any dog under this section which has not been claimed by the owner or anyone on his behalf, the Dog Constable shall do so in a humane manner acceptable to the Minister.

8(1)No person who owns a dog shall

8(2)No person shall

8(3)Notwithstanding anything herein contained, the Dog Constable may, either before or after the institution of proceedings against a person for any alleged violation of this Regulation, accept from the person alleged to have committed such violation the payment of a sum equal to the minimum fine prescribed by subsection 96(5) of the Act for such violation together with legal costs of proceedings to that date, if any; and thereupon the Dog Constable shall issue a receipt therefor and shall forthwith forward to the Municipal Representative the amounts so received.

8(4)A payment made under subsection (3) shall constitute a full satisfaction, release and discharge of all penalties and imprisonments incurred by such person for such violation, and for the purposes hereof shall have the same effect as if a judge had fully convicted the person of the violation for which the amount was paid, and a certificate purporting to be signed by the Minister or by the Registrar to the effect that the sum has been paid in respect of a specific violation shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the conviction.

9(1)Unless otherwise provided for herein, a person convicted of an offence under this Regulation is punishable by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more than fifty dollars and in default of payment is liable to imprisonment in accordance with subsection 31(3) of the Summary Convictions Act.

9(2)Where an owner of a dog is convicted under paragraph 4(1)(b), the judge may, in addition to any fine imposed pursuant to subsection (1), order the owner to pay the licence fee required.