Section 7
Duty of police officers as to dangerous animals
of Miscellaneous Offences Act ( Formerly Known as Minor Offences Act)
ActIn forceProvision 7 of 18
Section 7
(1)
Every police officer shall secure any animal reasonably suspected to be mad or dangerous and any wild animal found at large in or near any public road under circumstances of danger to the public.
(2)
If there is reasonable ground to believe that any such mad, dangerous or wild animal cannot be secured without risk of injury to the person or the police officer attempting to secure the same, such police officer may shoot or otherwise destroy such animal.