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 titleAn 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