GHANZI DISTRICT COUNCIL (LIVESTOCK CONTROL) BYE-LAWS
(section 33)
(11th February, 2011)
ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS
BYE-LAW
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Keeping of livestock
4. Troublesome or dangerous animals
5. Keeping of bees or poultry
6. Establishment of stables
7. Power to detain wandering livestock
8. Claiming of livestock
9. Enforcement
10. Notification and period of detention of livestock
11. Destroying of certain animals
12. Offences and penalties
Schedule
S.I. 7, 2011.
These Bye-laws may be cited as the Ghanzi District Council (Livestock Control) Bye-laws*.
*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.
In these Bye-laws, unless the context otherwise requires
“Council” means Ghanzi District Council;
“Council area” means the area within the jurisdiction of the Council;
“livestock” means any domestic bovine animal, goat, sheep, swine, horse, donkey or mule;
“owner” includes any person having the charge, custody or control of any animal and the occupier of any premises where any animal is kept or permitted to remain;
“poultry” includes any fowl, turkey, goose or duck;
“stable” includes a cowshed, stall, pen, kraal and sty;
“township” means Ghanzi Township as defined in the Township Act (Cap. 40.02); and
“veterinary officer” includes a veterinary officer, livestock officer or stock inspector employed in the Government service or a veterinary surgeon defined under the Veterinary Surgeons Act (Cap. 61.04).
(1) The Council may prohibit the use for keeping of livestock of any stable which in the opinion of the Council is unfit, undesirable or objectionable by reason of its locality, construction, condition or manner of use.
(2) The Council may prohibit livestock at landfills, health facilities, roads, township areas, schools and water resources such as boreholes, water pipes and standpipes.
4. Troublesome or dangerous animals
A person shall not allow any wild, troublesome, dangerous, ferocious dog, monkey, carnivorous wild animals or reptile to be at large off the premises on which such animal is normally kept.
A person shall not keep bees or poultry so as to disturb the comfort of the inhabitants of the Council area.
The Council may by resolution establish any stable for the purpose of these Bye-laws.
7. Power to detain wandering livestock
Any person authorised by the Council in writing may seize and detain in a stable any unattended livestock found wandering within the Council area.
(1) Any person entitled to take possession of any livestock detained under these Bye-laws in any stable in accordance with these Bye-laws may upon production of certified documents of ownership claim such animals on payment of the fees set out in the Schedule.
(2) Any person who removes or attempts to remove from stable any live-stock detained under these Bye-laws without payment of the fees set out in the Schedule commits an offence.
The Council may by resolution request the assistance of any person or organisation for the better carrying out of the provisions of these Bye-laws.
10. Notification and period of detention of livestock
(1) The Council Secretary shall, within 14 days after detaining any livestock, notify the Matimela officer of the presence of such livestock.
(2) Any livestock detained by the Council under these Bye-laws shall, if not claimed within a period of seven days, be disposed off to a Matimela kraal where notification has been given in terms of these Bye-laws by the Council Secretary to a Matimela kraal as defined under section 2 of the Matimela Act (Cap. 36.06).
11. Destroying of certain animals
The Council shall destroy without offering compensation any detained livestock suffering from a contagious disease or which is likely to prove dangerous to human life or destructive to other animals on detention on satisfactory receipt of a report from the veterinary officer.
Any person who contravenes the provisions of Bye-laws 3, 4, 5 and 8(2), commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding P50, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month and on a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not exceeding P100 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months, or to both.
SCHEDULE
(bye-law 8(1))
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Animals |
Fees |
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Sheep, goats, pigs |
P5 per head per day |
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Cattle, donkeys, mules, horses |
P10 per head per day |
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Other domestic animals |
P2 per head per day |