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If neglected, any person may supply food, etc., and recover costs
Cap. 115, s. 5 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) In case any animal is at any time impounded or confined as mentioned in section 4 (1) of this Act and continues confined without fit and sufficient food and water for more than twelve successive hours, any person may from time to time and as often as is necessary enter into and upon any pound, whether public or private, or other receptacle of a like nature in which any such animal is so confined, and supply such animal with fit and sufficient food and water during so long a time as such animal remains and continues confined as aforesaid, without being liable to any action of trespass or other proceeding by any person who impounded or confined the animal.
costs.
(2) The reasonable costs of providing such food and water shall be paid to the person who supplies the same by the owner 6 of that animal before that animal is removed and the said costs may be recovered in a summary manner before a magistrate.
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