Licensing of horses, mules and carriages

(1) Subject to the provisions of this by-law the owner of a horse or carriage (except a mule-cart) kept or used in the city of Belize, shall on or before the 1st day of January in each year and before any day on which such horse or carriage shall be kept or used, provide himself with a licence in respect of each and every horse and carriage as aforesaid which such owner shall keep or use or be about to keep or use, provided that horses and carriages as aforesaid kept by the Governor-General or the Government shall be exempt from the provisions of this by-law. (2) Subject to the provisions of this by-law the owner of any mule or mule-cart kept or used in the city of Belize shall provide himself with a licence in respect of each mule or mule-cart as aforesaid which such owner shall keep or use or be about to keep or use, and such licence may be issued in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (5) of these By-Laws. (3) Applications for such licence shall be made to the Council. 188 Belize City Council (4) Such licences shall be issued by the City Administrator on payment of the prescribed fees and shall bear the date of the day of issue. The City Administrator shall keep a register of all licences so issued and such register shall be open to public inspection at all reasonable hours. First Schedule. (5) A licence may be issued at the request of the applicant in respect of any such mule or mule-cart as is mentioned in paragraph (2) hereof either for a period of one calendar year or for any period of six months from the 1st day of January to the 30th day of June or from the 1st day of July to the 31st day of December in any year or for any other period less than a year upon payment of the respective fees or the proportionate equivalent thereof as prescribed in Part I of the First Schedule to these By- Laws. (6) A licence may be issued in respect of horses, and carriages, either for a period of one calendar year or for any period less than a year expiring on the 31st day of December in any year, upon payment of the respective fees prescribed in Part I of the First Schedule to these By-Laws. First Schedule. (7) No licence fees as herein prescribed shall be due or payable in respect of any horse, mule or carriage certified by the Chief Executive Officer in the Ministry of Local Government to be used wholly for the Public Service; and only one half of the licence fee herein prescribed shall be due or payable in respect of any horse, mule or carriage certified by the said Chief Executive Officer to be partially used for the Public Service. (8) Every licence issued under this by-law shall apply only to the particular horse, mule or carriage in respect of which it has been issued, provided that upon receipt of a transfer fee of ten dollars, the City Administrator may transfer any such licence to another horse, mule or carriage the property of the same owner. Such transfer shall be endorsed upon the licence and the original horse, mule or carriage as the case may be shall thereupon become unlicensed. Belize City Council 189 (9) Notwithstanding the sale or disposal of a licensed horse, mule or carriage, the person to whom the licence therefor was issued shall during the currency of such licence remain liable as owner for any breach of these By-Laws, unless and until he surrenders the licence to the City Administrator with a written notice of such sale or disposal, whereupon the horse, mule or carriage (as the case may be) shall become unlicensed unless the purchaser applies for the licence to be transferred to him. Upon receipt of a fee of ten dollars, the City Administrator shall, subject to the provisions of these By-Laws, endorse and transfer such licence accordingly. (10) If any person shall, contrary to the provisions of this by- law, keep or use any horse, mule, or carriage, he shall be guilty of an offence against this by-law, and shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars. (11) Notwithstanding the provisions of this by-law the owner of any horse, mule or carriage who holds a licence in respect thereof duly granted by a competent authority of another District and who is a bona fide visitor, shall be entitled to keep or use the same in the city of Belize for the space of three months without the necessity of providing himself with a licence in respect thereof.