Penalty for keeping a dog in a town without a licence

(1) Except where no dog licence is required, every person who keeps a dog in town without being licensed for that purpose or who keeps in any town more dogs than the number he is licensed to keep shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten dollars for each period of seven days, or part of such period, during which he has so kept any dog. (2) No dog licence shall be required, (a) for any person to keep a dog in a town if he has not kept a dog in that town for more than forty days, whether consecutive or not, in the preceding twelve months; or (b) in respect of a dog under the age of six months, Provided that the burden of proving that a dog licence is not required shall lie on the person alleging the same.