ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
32. Power to seize animal or vehicle
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
32. Power to seize animal or vehicle
(1)Where a person having charge of a vehicle or animal is apprehended by an authorized officer or a police officer for an offence under this Act or any regulation made thereunder, it shall be lawful for such officer or any other police officer to seize such vehicle or animal, and to deposit the same in some place of safe custody, until the termination of the proceedings in respect of such offence or until the court directs such vehicle or animal to be delivered to the person charged or the owner thereof, and the reasonable costs of detention, including the reasonable costs of veterinary treatment where such treatment is required, shall, in the event of a conviction in respect of the said animal, be recoverable from the owner as if such costs were a fine.(2)Where any animal, whether drawing a vehicle or otherwise, shall appear to an authorized officer or police officer to be so diseased or injured as to be unfit for work or to have suffered such ill-treatment as would be an offence under this Act or against any regulation made thereunder it shall be lawful for such officer to detain or seize such animal or vehicle and take charge of and deal with the same in like manner as is provided for under subsection (1) of this section, and the reasonable costs and expenses incurred shall be recoverable in the manner therein provided.(3)A seizure under this section shall be reported without unnecessary delay to a magistrate.