Section 40: Power to request information

40. Power to request information (1) A police officer or an authorised officer may, for the purposes of this Act, request from any person who is — (a) the owner of a dog; (b) the occupier of the land or premises on which a dog is kept, such information as he may consider necessary. (2) Any person who — (a) without reasonable excuse, fails or refuses to comply with a request under subsection (1); or (b) wilfully provides false information under this section, shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 10,000 rupees. (3) (a) A police officer who has reasonable ground to believe that a person has committed an offence under subsection (2) and has warned that person of the provisions of subsection (1) or (2), may arrest that person after obtaining a warrant from a District Magistrate of the district in which the offence is committed, and shall convey the person, as soon as is reasonably practicable, before the Magistrate to be dealt with according to law. [Issue 6] A17A – 20 Revised Laws of Mauritius (b) An authorised officer who has reasonable ground to believe that a person has committed an offence under subsection (2) may seize or impound the dog.