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ANIMALS
Chapter 289
EXCREMENT - REMOVAL
CHAPTER INDEX
Article 1
DEFINITIONS
289.1.1
Dog - defined
289.1.2
Minor - defined
289.1.3
Owner of dog - defined
Article 2
EXCREMENT - REMOVAL
289.2.1
Owner of dog - responsibility
289.2.2
Exemption - disabled person - guide dog
Article 3
ENFORCEMENT
289.3.1
Fine - for contravention
289.3.2
Hinder or Obstruct
289.3.3
Rebuttable presumption - identification
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Article 1
DEFINITIONS
289.1.1
Dog - defined
"dog" means a male or female dog.
289.1.2
Minor - defined
"minor" means a person under the age of 18.
289.1.3
Owner of a dog - defined
"owner of a dog" includes a person who owns, possesses, harbours or has custody of a dog and,
where the owner is a minor, the person responsible for the custody of the minor.
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Article 2
EXCREMENT - REMOVAL
289.2.1
Owner of dog - responsibility
Every owner of a dog shall remove forthwith any excrement left by the dog on any property including
highways, other than the owner's property.
289.2.2
Exemption - disabled person - guide dog
The provisions of this Chapter do not apply to a blind or physically disabled person accompanied by a
guide dog. By-law 1990-162, 27 August 1990.
Article 3
ENFORCEMENT
289.3.1
Fine - for contravention
Every person who contravenes any of the provisions of this Chapter is guilty of an offence and upon
conviction is liable to a fine or penalty as provided for in the Provincial Offences Act. By-law 1994-24,
10 January 1994.
289.3.2
Hinder or Obstruct
No person shall hinder or obstruct, or attempt to hinder or obstruct, any Officer exercising a power or
performing a duty under this Chapter, or any person lawfully acting in aid of such an Officer. Without
limiting the generality of the meaning of "hinder" or "obstruct", a person shall be deemed to have
obstructed or hindered an Officer in the execution of their duties if he or she:
(a)
provides false information to an Officer; or
(b)
is alleged on reasonable and probable grounds to have contravened any of the
provisions of this Chapter, and fails to identify themselves to an Officer upon request.
289.3.3
Rebuttable presumption - identification
In a prosecution for a contravention of this Chapter, evidence of identification shall be presumed to be
correct and accurate, unless rebutted by evidence to the contrary.
ORILLIA
289.2
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Adopting By-law: By-law 1990-162, 27 August 1990.
By-law Amendments: By-law 1994-24, 10 January 1994; By-law 2015-20, 30 March 2015.
Repealed By-laws: By-law 2015-20, 30 March 2015.
Repealed and Replaced: By-law 2015-42, 11 May 2015.
By-law Amendments: By-law 2017-14; 13 February 2017.
ORILLIA
289.3
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