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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979
17Certain spurs etc or implements designed for fighting not to be kept
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#### 17 Certain spurs etc or implements designed for fighting not to be kept
17 Certain spurs etc or implements designed for fighting not to be kept
> A person shall not have in his or her possession or custody—
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> > (a) any spur, or any other similar appliance, which has sharpened rowels, or
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> > (b) any article, implement or other thing made or adapted, or intended by the person to be used, for attachment to an animal for the purpose of—
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> > > (i) training the animal to fight another animal, or
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> > > (ii) increasing the ability of the animal to inflict injury on another animal during fighting.
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> Maximum penalty—250 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months, or both, in the case of an individual.
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> **s 17:** Am 1987 No 160, Schs 1 (9), 2 (8). Subst 1988 No 92, Sch 17 (2). Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1997 No 83, Sch 1 \[6\].