Section 34: Inciting or urging dog to attack

34. Inciting or urging dog to attack (1) Subject to subsection (2), a person who incites or urges a dog to attack, bite, harass or chase any person, or any domestic or other animal, whether causing injury or not, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where the dog acted in — (a) the reasonable defence of a person or any property; (b) the course of the proper performance of a person’s duties as a police officer, prison officer or security guard; (c) the course of lawful hunting; (d) the course of its training by the police, Mauritius Prisons Service, Customs authorities or their officers in the exercise of their powers and performance of their duties.