Section 43
Deprivation
of Animal Welfare Enactment 2015
(1)
Where a person is convicted of an offence under any section 18, 19, 20 or 21
and he is the owner or the licensee in relation to which the offence was committed, the court before which he is convicted may, instead of or in addition to dealing with the owner or licensee in any other way, make an order to deprive the ownership of the animal from the owner or the licensee, or make an order for the animal to be disposed or destroyed.
(2)
Where the owner or the licensee of an animal is convicted of an offence under subsection 44 (3) as a result of a breach of an order under subsection 44 (1), the court before which he is convicted may, instead of or in addition to dealing with the owner or
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licensee in any other way, make an order to deprive the ownership of the animal from the owner or the licensee, or make an order for the animal to be disposed or destroyed.
(3)
If the animal in respect of which an order made under subsection (1) or (2)
has any offspring, the court may include in the order the deprivation of the ownership of the offspring or for the said animal to de disposed or destroyed.
(4)
If the court makes an order under subsection (1) or (2), the court may -
(a)
appoint any enforcement officer to carry or arrange for the carrying out of the order; and
(b)
order the owner or the licensee to pay the expenses of carrying out such order.