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Baby Chick Protection Act (R.S.N.S. 1989, c, 29).

Country/Territory
Canada
Territorial subdivision
Nova Scotia
Document type
Legislation
Date
1989
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to prohibit the display or sale of artificially coloured living chickens.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Poultry Animal welfare Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

Section 2 of the above-mentioned Act establishes that every person who displays, sells, barters, gives or offers to sell, barter or give a living chicken under two months of age that has been dyed, coloured or otherwise treated so as to impart to it an artificial colour is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for not more than thirty days or to both.

Full text
English
Website
www.gov.ns.ca