DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 64

DOG AND CAT MANAGEMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 64

64—Power to seize and detain cats

        (1)         A person may seize and detain a cat in any of the following circumstances:

            (a)         the circumstances set out in section 63(1);

            (b)         any other circumstances set out in the regulations.

        (2)         A person may seize and detain an unidentified cat for the purpose of delivering it within 12 hours to—

            (a)         a registered veterinary surgeon; or

            (b)         a facility for the care of cats operated by—

                  (i)         the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (South Australia) Incorporated; or

                  (ii)         the Animal Welfare League of South Australia, Incorporated; or

                  (iii)         a body or person specified by the regulations; or

            (c)         a facility nominated by a council and approved by the Board at which cats may be detained,

however nothing in this subsection authorises the person to destroy the cat.