10Baiting and shooting

10 Baiting and shooting

(1)  A person must not keep or use an animal or allow an animal in the person's care or charge to be used –

(a) to fight, bait, worry, kill or injure another animal or to be baited, killed, worried or injured by another animal; or

(b) [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2008, s. 10, Applied:29 Jul 2008] for the purpose of an activity in which the animal is released from captivity for the purpose of being shot, killed, worried or injured.

Penalty:  [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 13 of 2002, s. 8, Applied:25 Jun 2002] In the case of –

(a) [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2008, s. 10, Applied:29 Jul 2008] a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units; or

(b) [Section 10 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2008, s. 10, Applied:29 Jul 2008] a natural person, a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.

(2)  [Section 10 Subsection (2) amended by No. 26 of 2008, s. 10, Applied:29 Jul 2008] A person must not promote or take part in an activity in which an animal is released from captivity for the purpose of being shot, killed, worried or injured.

Penalty:  [Section 10 Subsection (2) amended by No. 13 of 2002, s. 8, Applied:25 Jun 2002] In the case of –

(a) [Section 10 Subsection (2) amended by No. 26 of 2008, s. 10, Applied:29 Jul 2008] a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 1 000 penalty units; or

(b) [Section 10 Subsection (2) amended by No. 26 of 2008, s. 10, Applied:29 Jul 2008] a natural person, a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.