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## MUNICIPALITY OF CRAPAUD
Mado under the provisions of tho municipaliticp Act, Part VI, Soctions 55 and 62(n)· R.S.F.R.1. 1979, cap iFi5.1.
BE IT ENACTED by tha Community Council of the Village of CRAPAUD as followe:
- I. In this bylaws
- a) "At largo" moana not undor: controls
- b) "Corneli" noons tho Crapand Council, and includes any authorized reprenentative or agont thoroof;
4. c). "Dog" means any nals or fenale dog and includos the young thereof;
5. d.) "Dog owner" ineludes any person who possessos or harbours a dogs
- o) "Municipality" means the municipality of Crapaud and includes any authorized represantative or agent thereof:
- 1) "person" moans a person within the municipality.
2. No ownor of a dog shall allow his dog to be at large within the municipality; any dog found at largo shal) be deemed to have been allowed by its owner to be at large.
9. " (1) Council may hire an animal control officer, who shall be authorized to apprchend and impound, or cause to be impounded, any dog found at large within the municipality.
- (2) roy the purposes of carrying out his duties pursuant to subsection (1), an animal control officer. when in fresh pursuit of a dog, is authorized to enter onto private property within the municipality to appre hend and impound the dog, but this subsection does not authorize an aninal control officer to enter into any residence, or any other structure located on private' property.
- (3) hotwi thetanding subsection (2) herein, no dug way be apprchonded within the property boundaries of the dog owner.
- (4) An animal control officer who apprehends or impounds a dog pursuant to this section shall forthwith give notice by registered mail to the dog owner, which notice shall indicate that the dog has been apprehended or impounded, and shall specify the name of the animal control officer and the place of impounding.
- (5) The dog owner may, within 10 days of the date of receipt of the notice specified in subsection (4), take possession of his dog after paying to the municipality a fee of $25.00, plus costs of $10.00 per day for cach day the dog was impounded.
- (6) If the dog owner fails to take possession of his dog pursuant to subsoction (5), Within the 10 days, the dog may be destroyed by the animal control officer, or his agent.
- (7) Where the dog is destroyed pursuant to subsection (6) the dog owner is liable to the municipality for the feo and costs reforrod to in subsectiun (5), and for the coats incurred in dostroying the dog, and for the costo of any action that may be nocessary to xecover theso foes and costs.
4. Evory dangerous dog within the municipality shall bo kopt muzzled and chained by the dog ornax.
5. Other than for reasous of self-dofonco, no parson shall. strile, or throw objects at any dog.
6. (1) No dog ovor shall allon his dog to cause a disturbanco barking or howling; any dog causing a disturbance shall Ba cormed to have been allened to do so to the dos ownse..
- 2) The Council, upon receipt of a written complaint that an identified dog is causing a disturbance by barking or howling. shall, forthwith by registored nail, give written complaint to the dog owner.
- (3) A dog owner who receives a notice pursuant to sub section (?) shall cause his dog to be quietened or pomoved from the municiyality.
1. In this bylaw, words importing male persons include female persons, and vice versa.
8. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this bylaw is guilty of an offence and upon summary conviction is liable toa fine ofnnot less than tiventy-five dollars ($25.00) for the first offence, and not less than fifty dollars (150.10) for each subsequent offence, and in + 6250.00L0 2ch default of payment of any fine imposed under this section, to a period of imprisonment not exceeding one (I) day for every two dollars ($2.00) of the fine defaulted.