BILL NO. 96
1st Session, 57th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
47 Elizabeth II, 1998
Animal Cruelty Prevention Act
(amended)
Kevin Deveaux
Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage
First Reading: April 8, 1999
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
Explanatory Notes
Clause 1 revises what is meant by an animal in distress in the Animal Cruelty Prevention Act.
Clause 2 requires any person who is aware of an animal being in distress to report that fact to the Nova Scotia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty within 48 hours of becoming aware of it.An Act to Amend Chapter 22
of the Acts of 1996,
the Animal Cruelty Prevention Act
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Subsection 2(2) of Chapter 22 of the Acts of 1996, the Animal Cruelty Prevention Act, is repealed and the following subsection substituted:(2) An animal is in distress, for the purpose of this Act, where the animal is
2 Section 11 of Chapter 22 is amended by adding immediately after subsection (4) the following subsection:
(a) in need of sufficient care, food, water and shelter to ensure that its needs are met; or
(b) injured, sick, in pain, or suffering undue hardship, privation, abuse or neglect.
(5) Any person who is aware that an animal is in distress shall report that fact to the Society within forty-eight hours of becoming aware of it.
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