Establishment of dog pounds

(1) The licensing authority for any town may, from time to time by Order published in the Gazette, declare any place to be the dog pound for that town and appoint a keeper thereof. (2) The keeper of a dog pound shall supply each dog detained by him with a sufficiency of wholesome food and water, and may retain for his own use his authorised charges, but shall pay to the licensing authority all catcher’s fees paid to him. payment of (3) The authorised charges of the keeper of a dog pound, if not paid by the owner of the dog, shall, if the pound was established by the Belize City Council, be paid out of the general revenue of the Council and shall, in every other case, be paid out of the City, Town, Village or Community Fund of the City, Town, Village or Community Council.