Section 4
Section 4
(1)
The officer in charge of police district may, by order to be published in the
Gazette, appoint a period not exceeding twenty-four hours within which any dog found straying in any street, road or public thoroughfare, or beyond the premises of the owner of such dog, may be destroyed, whether the dog be duly licensed or not.
(2)
Such order shall be limited to the police district of the officer making the order and may be limited to any part of such area.
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(3)
At least ten days before the commencement of the period appointed notice shall be given of the said order throughout the area affected by it, by publishing the order twice in one English and twice in one Chinese newspaper, if any, circulating in the area and also affixing such order to every court-house, police station, and market in such area, and by proclaiming the same in every village.
Powers of police as to dangerous dogs.