1. For the purposes of these Bylaws unless the context otherwise indicates "area" means the area of jurisdiction of the Mtunzini Town Board;

"dog licence" or "collector: means the Town Clerk or Treasurer of the Mtunzini Town Board or any other officer or any person appointed by the Board to issue dog licences;

"owner" in relation to a dog shall have the same meaning as is signed thereto by the Ordinance;

"prescribed fee" means the licence fee payable in terms of the Ordinance;

"The Ordinance" means the licensing and Control of Dogs Ordinance, 1942) as amended.

2. On and after the first day of January in each year, the fees for dog licences in respect of dog within the area of the Mtunzini Town Board shall be payable to that Board for the benefit of its revenue fund and payment thereof shall be made as in these Bylaws provided.

3. The prescribed fee payable for a dog licence shall in the case of a dog which is of age of six months or more on the first day of January in any year, be paid to the dog tax collector not later than three last day of February in that year, but otherwise within one month after the happening of any event mentioned in sub section 3 of the Ordinance.

4. Application for a dog licence shall be made to the collector in the form of schedule No.1 to these Bylaws and shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

5. Upon payment of the prescribed fee and the completion of the prescribed form of application, the collector shall issue to the applicant :

(a) a dog licence printed in the form of Schedule No. 2 these Bylaws, which shall in addition to the date of issue and a serial number, set forth the name and address of the owner of the dog and the sex colour and breed or apparent breed of such dog, and any other matters which may be deemed necessary r desirable; and

(b) a badge of durable material suitable designed for secure attachment to a dog collar, having impressed thereon the letter "MTB" for Mtunzini Town Board, the year of issue and a serial number corresponding with such year and serial number shown upon licence.

6. Whenever forms of licences are contained in books with counterfoils, the counterfoil shall in every case be so completed as to reflect the information contained in the corresponding licence. In all other cases a duplicate (or carbon) copy of every licenses shall be made and retained for filing.

7. If the badge issued in terms of Bylaw 5 (b) is lost or destroyed, the owner of the dog concerned may obtain a duplicate thereof from the collector upon satisfying him of such loss destruction and upon payment of a fee of ten cents.

8. Any person who, in making written application for a dog licence, makes any statement which he knows to be false, or which he does not know to be true, shall be guilty of an offence.

9. Any policeman or dog tax collector may at any time reasonable for the performance of the duty enter any premises for the purpose of enquiring or ascertaining whether any dogs or how many dogs are upon such premises, or for the purpose of inspecting dogs and dog licences and badges.

10. A policeman or dog tax collector may in the exercise of the authority conferred upon him by Bylaw 9, require any person who may reasonably be supposed to be able to give the sane, to furnish him with information upon any matter or matters mentioned in the said Bylaw, and if such person fails or refuses to give the information required of him to the best of his knowledge and belief, or gives false or misleading information, he shall be guilty of an offence.

Penalty

11. Any person who contravenes any of these Bylaws shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding Fifty rand (R50) in the case of a first conviction or, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction for the same offence, a fine no exceeding One Hundred Rand (R100) or in default of payment of any fine imposed in either case to imprisonment for any period not exceeding three months; provided that in the case of continuing offence, a fine not exceeding Five Rand (R5) for each day upon which the contravention continued may be imposed, but no such fine shall in any one prosecution or within any one month exceed one hundred rand (R100).

12. The Bylaws relating to Dog Licences made under Provincial Notice No. 541 of 1946, are hereby repealed.