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Should dogs have licenses, especially in Swakopmund?
Yes. Within a municipal area, the Municipal Dog Tax Ordinance provides for the control and taxation of dogs, and requires the relevant council to collect the prescribed dog tax. A licence and metal badge are contemplated, with tax payable by 1 January or within seven days after a person starts keeping a dog, and expiring on 31 December. 251
For Swakopmund, the supplied extracts do not expressly identify Swakopmund or confirm its current local licensing requirements. If Swakopmund is a municipal area to which the Ordinance applies, the Ordinance supports licensing and tax payment for dogs kept there. An authorised officer may require a person found with a dog to produce the dog and its licence within three days. 23
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(a) any person commencing to keep a dog in respect of which the tax has been paid by some other person, shall during the currency of the licence and metal badge concerned and on payment of a fee of twenty cents, be entitled to have such licence and metal badge transferred to him by endorsement made on such licence by the council which issued such licence; and (b) a person ceasing to keep a dog in respect of which the tax has been paid, shall be entitled on payment of a fee of twenty cents to have the licence and metal badge in respect of such dog transferred by endorsement by the council which issued such licence to any other dog kept by such person and in respect of which it is shown to the...
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Amendment Ordinance 2 of 1980 (OG 4104) to provide that it would come into force on 1 January 1981. Second Municipal Dog Tax Amendment Ordinance 15 of 1980 (OG 4165) came into force on 1 January 1981 (section 3 of Ord. 15 of 1980) Municipal Dog Tax Amendment Proclamation AG 19 of 1983 (OG 4842) came into force on date of publication: 18 November 1983 Dog Tax Ordinance, 1927, Repeal Act 14 of 1987 (OG 5411) came into force on date of publication: 10 August 1987 Municipal Dog Tax Amendment Act 30 of 1987 (OG 5478) came into force on date of publication: 17 December 1987 Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992 (GG 470) brought into force on 31 August 1992 (GN 118/1992, GG 472) ORDINANCE To provide for...
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of the provisions of this ordinance - (a) request any person found with a dog to produce for inspection within a period of three days the licence in respect of such dog and the dog in respect of which such licence was issued; (b) demand the name and address of any person found with a dog; (c) request any owner or occupier of land or premises to furnish the number of dogs on such land or premises; (d) at all reasonable times without previous notice enter upon any land or premises; (e) question any person who in his opinion may be able to furnish any information desired by him. (2) Any owner or occupier of premises or land and any employee, agent, servant, wife, husband or child over the age o...
Municipal Dog Tax Ordinance 13 of 1967
during the currency of the licence and metal badge concerned be required again to pay any tax in respect of such dog in terms of this Ordin ance of any other law. Powers of owners or occupiers of land
Municipal Dog Tax Ordinance 13 of 1967
within its municipal area and shall collect such tax as prescribed by regulation. [section 2 substituted by Ord. 41 of 1967] Amount of tax
Accommodation Establishments and Tourism Ordinance 20 of 1973-Regulations 1974-0236
follows: Admission per person 16 years and older per session R 1,00 Admission per person younger than 16 years per session R 0,50 Admission per person 16 years and older per month R 6,00 Admission per person younger than 16 years per month R 4,00 Admission for scholar groups under supervision per scholar per session R 0,10 For the use of a sauna bath per person per hour, minimum of 2 persons R 5,00 For the use of a fresh water bath per person per bath session R 1,00 For the use of a locker per person per session R 0,10 For the use of a hair drier per hour or part thereof R 0,10 For the lease of the swimming bath per day or part thereof: schools R 20,00 other institutions - where no entrance...
What about all the dogs that walks around the poor areas where peole just have a lot of dogs that walks around starving, and they eat dogs
If a person owns dogs and deliberately or negligently keeps them in a dirty or parasitic condition, fails to obtain treatment or attention they are able to procure when the dogs need it, or keeps them alive when their condition makes continued life cruel and causes unnecessary suffering, the Animals Protection Act addresses that conduct. 3
The supplied sources do not establish a specific rule on dogs roaming in poor areas, nor do they state whether keeping, slaughtering or eating dogs is lawful or unlawful. They do provide that an animal found trespassing or at large may be taken to a pound under the local-authority regulations, subject to the stated conditions. 1
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Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992-Regulations 1994-191
finds an animal trespassing or any property which is at large, shall take or cause that animal to be taken to a pound, and any owner or occupier of property who finds an animal trespassing on his or her property, may take or cause that animal to be taken to the pound. (2) (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these regulations contained, but subject to paragraph (b), the council may by resolution determine that no person shall impound an animal which has trespassed on his or her property if the property is not adequately fenced. (b) A resolution referred to in paragraph (a) shall only come into effect after the council has published it by notice in the Gazette and once a week for f...
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(a) used by a blind person as a guide; (b) owned by the South West African Police, the South African Defence Force or the Prison Service; (c) brought into the Territory for purposes of an exhibition: Provided that such dog shall not remain within the Territory for a period exceeding thirty days; (d) which is the property or under the control of any society for the prevention of cruelty to animals. [subsection (1) amended by AG 19 of 1983 and Act 30 of 1987] (2) Where any dog is exempted from tax the Council shall issue free of charge a certificate of exemption together with a metal badge as prescribed by regulation. [subsection (2) amended by AG 19 of 1983 and Act 30 of 1987] When tax has be...
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Republic of Namibia 3 Annotated Statutes Animals Protection Act 71 of 1962 (RSA) (e) being the owner of any animal, deliberately or negligently keeps such animal in a dirty or parasitic condition or allows it to become infested with external parasites or fails to render or procure veterinary or other medical treatment or attention which he is able to render or procure for any such animal in need of such treatment or attention, whether through disease, injury, delivery of young or any other cause, or fails to destroy or cause to be destroyed any such animal which is so seriously injured or diseased or in such a physical condition that to prolong its life would be cruel and would cause such an...
Trespass of Animals Ordinance 16 of 1939
upon property belonging to himself, except under the written authority of the nearest post commander of police. Failing such authority such animals shall be sent to such other pound as may be nearest to his own pound by a practicable road or thoroughfare, and any poundmaster sending such animals to another pound shall enter in his poundbook the number and description of the animals sent; provided that nothing in this section contained shall apply to the impounding in a municipal or village pound of any animals trespassing upon any land situate within the jurisdicti on of any municipality, village management board, or other local authority. Any poundmaster contravening the provisions of this...
Trespass of Animals Ordinance 16 of 1939
municipality shall be sent to any pound within the said limits, if that pound be the one nearest to the place of trespass and the poundmaster shall be bound to receive the animals so sent: Provided that, if the said pound is a municipal pound established in terms of section one hundred and seventy-one of the Municipal Ordinance, 1935 (No. 24 of 1935), as amended, such impoundment shall be dealt with as if the trespass had been committed within the limits of such municipality. [Section 21 is amended by Ord. 9 of 1944 to add the proviso. The Municipal Ordinance 24 of 1935 was replaced by the Municipal Ordinance 3 of 1949, which was replaced in turn by the Municipal Ordinance 13 of 1963, which...
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Amendment Ordinance 2 of 1980 (OG 4104) to provide that it would come into force on 1 January 1981. Second Municipal Dog Tax Amendment Ordinance 15 of 1980 (OG 4165) came into force on 1 January 1981 (section 3 of Ord. 15 of 1980) Municipal Dog Tax Amendment Proclamation AG 19 of 1983 (OG 4842) came into force on date of publication: 18 November 1983 Dog Tax Ordinance, 1927, Repeal Act 14 of 1987 (OG 5411) came into force on date of publication: 10 August 1987 Municipal Dog Tax Amendment Act 30 of 1987 (OG 5478) came into force on date of publication: 17 December 1987 Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992 (GG 470) brought into force on 31 August 1992 (GN 118/1992, GG 472) ORDINANCE To provide for...