Cap 132BK s 13 Prevention of fouling of street by dog faeces or urine (PUBLIC CLEANSING AND PREVENTION OF NUISANCES REGULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH AND MUNICIPAL SERVICES ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	132BK	Title:	PUBLIC CLEANSING AND PREVENTION OF NUISANCES REGULATION	Gazette Number:	L.N. 320 of 1999
Section:	13	Heading:	Prevention of fouling of street by dog faeces or urine	Version Date:	01/01/2000

(1) No person in charge of a dog shall allow the dog to deposit-

(a) any of its faeces in the common parts of a building or in any street or public place; or

(b) any urine in the common parts of a building,

except in an area set aside as a latrine area for dogs. (L.N. 317 of 1977)
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the owner of the dog shall be presumed to be the person in charge of it unless he proves that at the time of the contravention the dog was in the charge of a person who was neither a member of his family nor employed by him. (L.N. 161 of 1973)
(2A) It shall be no defence to a charge under subsection (1) for the owner of the dog to prove that the contravention was committed without his consent or knowledge. (L.N. 161 of 1973)
(3) It shall not be a contravention of this section where a dog deposits-

(a) any of its faeces in the common parts of a building or in any street or public place; or

(b) any urine in the common parts of a building,

if the person in charge of the dog, before leaving the place where such faeces or urine has been deposited, removes the said faeces or urine and cleans the place where it was deposited. (L.N. 317 of 1977)

(78 of 1999 s. 7)