Victorian Current Acts

DOMESTIC ANIMALS ACT 1994 - SECT 12A

S. 12A(1) substituted by No. 69/2017 s. 10(1).

    (1)     A person must not sell, or give away, a dog or cat unless the dog or cat has been implanted with a prescribed permanent identification device.

Penalty:     10 penalty units.

S. 12A(1A) inserted by No. 69/2017 s. 10(1).

    (1A)     It is not an offence under subsection (1) for a person to give away a dog or cat that is not implanted with a prescribed permanent identification device to a shelter or pound.

S. 12A(2) inserted by No. 75/2011 s. 5, substituted by No. 69/2017 s. 10(2), repealed by No. 69/2017 s. 101.

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S. 12B inserted by No. 69/2017 s. 102, amended by No. 3/2022 s. 14 (ILA s. 39B(1)).