PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1986 - SECT 24ZD Forfeiture of seized animal
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1986 - SECT 24ZD
Forfeiture of seized animal(1) If a person is found guilty by a court of an offence against this Act or regulations under this Act, the court may, in addition to imposing any other penalty, order that any animal seized under this Part in relation to the offence be forfeited to the Crown if the person who has been found guilty of the offence is the owner or person in charge of the animal.
(2) If a forfeited animal is destroyed or sold, the costs associated with any maintenance, care, removal and transport of the animal and the sale or destruction of the animal must be deducted before any amount remaining is paid into the Consolidated Fund.
Division 7—Duties and powers as to seized things (that are not animals)
S. 24ZE inserted by No. 65/2007 s. 95.