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Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1986
22Power to seize abandoned animals in public places
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22 Power to seize abandoned animals in public places
If a POCTA inspector finds an animal in a public place and the inspector reasonably believes that the animal is abandoned the inspector may seize the animal.
S. 23 substituted by No. 65/2007 s. 95.