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PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1979 - SECT 14

Injuries to animals to be reported

14 Injuries to animals to be reported

The driver of a vehicle which strikes and injures an animal (other than a bird) shall not fail--

(a) where, in consequence of the injury, pain has been inflicted upon the animal--to take reasonable steps to alleviate the pain, and
(b) where that driver believes, or ought reasonably to believe, that the animal is a domestic animal--to inform, as soon as practicable, an officer or a person in charge of the animal that the animal has been injured.
: Maximum penalty--50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.



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