State Act

The Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act.

1[ 2[191B. Licence and number ticket for dogs.— (1) When the owner or person in charge of a dog has paid the tax leviable on such dog, the Commissioner shall— (a) grant him a licence to keep the dog during the official year for which the tax has been paid, subject, however, to such conditions as may be specified in the licence by the Commissioner; (b) provide him with a number ticket, the number of which shall be specified in the licence. (2) The owner or person in charge of any dog so licensed, shall at all times cause the said number ticket to be kept attached to the collar or otherwise suspended from the neck of the dog. (3) Any dog which has no number ticket so attached or suspended or is kept in contravention of any of the conditions specified in the licence— (a) shall be presumed to be a dog in respect of which no licence has been granted; and (b) may be seized by the police or by any officer duly authorised by the Commissioner, and detained until the tax due, if any, has been paid or the conditions subject to which the licence is granted are agreed to be complied with.]