ANIMAL PROTECTION BILL No. 148

An Act to amend The Animal Protection Act, 1999 (Assented to ) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:

Short title This Act may be cited as The Animal Protection Amendment Act, 2010. S.S. 1999, c.A-21.1 amended The Animal Protection Act, 1999 is amended in the manner set forth in this Act. New

section

Section is repealed and the following substituted: “Prohibition 4(1) No person shall cause an animal to be in distress.

(2) No person responsible for an animal shall cause or permit the animal to be or to continue to be in distress”.

Section amended 4(1) Subsection 14(1) is repealed and the following substituted: “

(1) A person who contravenes this Part or the regulations or an order made pursuant to this

Part is guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a fine of not more than $25,000, to imprisonment for not more than two years or to both”. (2) Subsection 14(2) is amended by striking out “ responsible for an animal”. Coming into force This Act comes into force on assent. ANIMAL PROTECTION Printed by the authority of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan 2010