Section 44
Disqualification
of Animal Welfare Enactment 2015
(1)
Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 5, 14, 16, 17, 18,
19, 20 or 21 the court before which he is convicted may, instead of or in addition to dealing with him in any way, make an order to disqualify him for a period not more than one year from
-
(a)
owning animals;
(b)
keeping animals;
(c)
participating in the keeping of animals; and
(d)
being a party to an arrangement under which he is entitled to control or influence the way in which animals are kept.
(2)
The court may -
(a)
suspend the operation of the order pending an appeal; or
(b)
where it appears to the court that the person owns or keeps any animal to which the order applies, suspend the operation of the order and of any order made under section 45 in connection with the
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disqualification, for such period as it thinks necessary to enable alternative arrangements to be made in respect of the animal.
(3)
Any person who contravenes a disqualification order under subsection (1)
commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.