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PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS REGULATIONS 2008 (SR NO 162 OF 2008) - REG 7

Possession of fighting implements

    (1)         A person must not possess or use a dog fighting implement or cock fighting implement.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     Subregulation (1) does not apply to—

        (a)     a person who possesses a dog fighting implement or a cock fighting implement for the purposes of displaying it in a museum that is open to the general public; or

        (b)     a POCTA inspector, for the purposes of exercising his or her role under the Act or these Regulations.

    (3)     A person must not possess an animal with the intention of causing that animal to fight.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (4)     In this regulation, "dog fighting implement" or cock fighting implement includes but is not limited to the following—

        (a)     dog fighting rings or cock fighting rings; or

        (b)     drugs or other items used to improve the fighting performance of a dog or cock.



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