Section No : Legislative Enactments RABIESMarginal Notes1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Rabies Ordinance.2. Interpretation. 3. Definition of local authority. 5. Person who knowingly suffers a dog to make such person's house its ordinary place of resort deemed to he the owner of such dog. 6. When may a person kill any dog. 7. Notice by owner or possessor of diseased dog or other animal to police officer. 8. Police officer to proceed to place where rabies Exists. 9. Regulations. 10. Publication of regulations. 11. Destruction of dogs on proclamation by local authority. 12. Destruction of diseased dogs. Destruction of suspected dogs and diseased animals other than dogs. Notice by owner to local. 1 . 3. The following penalties are imposed for the following acts and omissions, which are hereby declared to be offences under this Ordinance ;- Contravention of Ordinance or regulations. (1) If anything is done or omitted to he done in contravention of this Ordinance or of any regulations made by a local authority under section 9 of this Ordinance, the owner of the dog and the person for the time being in charge thereof shall each, according to and in respect of his own acts and defaults, be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees. Penalty for failure to give notice under section 7. (2) Any owner or person knowingly having in his possession a diseased or suspected dog or other animal, or a dog or other animal which has been bitten by a dog or other animal reasonably suspected to be diseased, shall if he fail to give notice of the same to a police officer as required by section 7 of this Ordinance, be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, or to simple or rigorous imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, or both. Failure of police officer to perform duty imposed under section 7. (3) Every police officer receiving notice as regards a diseased dog shall, if he fail to perform any duty imposed on him by section 7 of this Ordinance, be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, or to simple or rigorous imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or both. Allowing diseased dogs to go at large. (4)Every owner of a dog or other animal which is diseased or suspected, or has been bitten by a dog or other animal reasonably suspected to be diseased, who shall permit the same to go at large after being informed or knowing it to be diseased, suspected, or to have been bitten by any dog or animal suspected to be diseased, shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, or to simple or rigorous imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months or both. Interference with dog seizers, &c. (5) If a person- (a) removes a dog from the custody of any other person who has lawfully seized it, or (b) in any way molests, obstructs or prevents any other person in or from lawfully seizing, detaining or destroying a dog, he shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred rupees, or to simple or rigorous imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months, or to both such fine and imprisonment.(* Primary Court has exclusive jurisdiction under section 33 of the Judicature Act read with Gazette Extraordinary No. 43/4 of 1979-07-02.)14. Importation of animals. 15. Magistrate's Court to have jurisdiction. 16. Informer's share.