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 "municipality": "Oxford",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "animal_control",
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   "title": "Animal Control By-Law",
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    "fine_range": "not less than $100 and not more than $250; default imprisonment up to 30 days"
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   "title": "Exotic Pet Bylaw (Bylaw #42)",
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   "title": "Livestock at Large By-Law (By-Law 14-12)",
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   "adopted_date": "2015-01-19",
   "document_url": "https://oxfordns.ca/by-laws/527-livestock-at-large-by-law/file.html",
   "summary": "Prohibits livestock from running at large within Town of Oxford limits; final reading 19 Jan 2015.",
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