Control of Dogs Act, 1986

Amendment of Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1965.

29.Section 27 of the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1965 , is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:

“(1) A person in respect of whom an order under section 26 (2) of this Act or under section 18 (1) of the Control of Dogs Act, 1986, is made may, at any time after the expiration of three months from the date of the order and from time to time, apply to the Court by which the order was made to remove the disqualification imposed by the order, and on any such application the Court may, if it thinks it proper, having regard to the character of the person disqualified, his conduct subsequent to the order, the nature of the offence and the other circumstances of the case, by order remove the disqualification as from such date as may be specified in the order.”.