TONGA

1988 Ed.]

CHAPTER 149
STALLIONS
Act No. 11 of 1953
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE OWNERSHIP OF STALLIONS
[27th January, 1954]
1	Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Stallions Act.
2	Permit to keep stallion.
No person shall own or have in his possession or care any stallion over the age of one year without a permit in writing issued by the Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries containing such conditions as the Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries shall think fit.
3	Annual tax.
Every owner of a stallion shall on or before the thirtieth day of June in each year pay to the tax clerk a tax to be known as stallion tax at the rate of $2 per year provided that the Minister of Agriculture, Forests and Fisheries may exempt any owner from payment of such tax.
4	Offences.
Any person contravening the provisions of this Act, or failing to comply with the conditions of any permit as aforesaid, shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding $40 and in default of payment thereof to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 months.