Bare ActsThe Haryana Municipal Act, 1973 (24 of 1973)

Section 117

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(1) The committee may- (a) authorise any person- (i) to destroy, or cause td be destroyed, or confine, or cause to be confined for such period as the committee may direct, any dog or other animal suffering, or , . . reasonably suspected to be suffering from rabies, or bitten by any dog or other animal suffering or suspected as aforesaid ; (ii) to confine, or cause to be confined, any dogs found wandering about streets or public places without collars or olher marks distinguishing them as private property and charge a fee for such detention and destroy or otherwise dispose of any such dog if it is not claimed within one week, and the fee is not paid ; (b) issue a tempprary or standing order that any dogs without ! collars or 'other marks distipguishing them as private propkrty,'found straying on the streets or beyond the enclosures of the houses df the owners of such dogs may be destroyed and destroy or cause them to be destroyed I973 : Haryana Act 24 1 MUNICIPAL 115 accordingly. Public notice shall be given of every such order. (2) No damages shall be payable in respect of any dog or other animaI destroyed or othenvise disposed of under this section.

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