Section 302 - Destruction of dog or other animal suspected to be rabid

(1) A police officer may destroy a dog, or any other animal at large, which the officer has reasonable cause to suspect is in a rabid state, or which has been bitten by a dog or any other animal which the officer has reasonable cause to suspect is in a rabid state, or may seize and detain the animal and hand it over to a health officer.

(2) The owner or person in charge of a dog or any other animal who knowingly suffers it to be at large in a rabid state, or if the dog or the other animal is confined, does not destroy it, or cause it to be destroyed, after it has shown evident and distinct symptoms of being in a rabid state, or of having been bitten by a dog or any other animal in a rabid state, commits a criminal offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five penalty units.