Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Cap. 245). Country/Territory Zambia Document type Legislation Date 1921 (2006) Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Laws of Zambia, Revised Edition 2006, Chapter 245. Long titleAn Act to provide for the prevention of cruelty to animals; to specify acts and omissions which amount to cruelty and penalties therefor; to prescribe the powers of police officers; and to provide for matters incidental thereto. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal health Animal welfare Pests/diseases Ownership Offences/penalties Basic legislation Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Least Developed Countries Abstract Section 3 specifies acts and omissions in respect of animals which amount to cruelty and prescribes penalties for such acts and omissions considered to be offences. An owner shall be deemed to have permitted cruelty if he shall have failed to exercise reasonable care and supervision in respect of the protection from such cruelty of any animal which is his property or in his charge. The Minister may make Regulations for feeding and watering animals in transit by train. Where the owner of an animal is convicted of an offence under this Act in respect of such animal, the court may, in addition to any other punishment, deprive such person of the ownership of the animal, and make such order as to the disposal of the animal as it shall think fit (sect. 5). Section 6 concerns compensation of damages arising from cruel behaviour. Remaining provisions of this Act concern destruction of animals, court proceedings, powers of arrest, delegation of powers by the Director or Deputy Director of Veterinary Services and Tsetse Control to a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals to exercise within his district all or any of the powers conferred by this Act upon a police officer, and matters relating to prosecution. (14 sections) Full text English