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Niue (Amendment - Animals ) Act 1998 (No. 232).

Country/Territory
Niue (New Zealand)
Document type
Legislation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to repeal and replace sections 219 and 226 of the Niue Act 1966.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Grazing Animal welfare Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Oceania, Polynesia, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

The sections here replaced deal with trespass of animals on land or straying and the prohibition of cruelty to animals. A person must not permit a horse, sheep, pig, goat, or cattle to wander or be at large in a public place or to trespass on land. Further its shall be prohibited to:(a) cruelly beat, overdrive, overload, abuse, torture, or otherwise ill treat an animal (i.e. domestic and wild animals and birds), or (b) being the owner or having the charge of an animal: (i) omit to supply it with proper and sufficient food, water, or shelter; or (ii) abandon the animal with the intention of relinquishing ownership or charge of it.

Full text
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