Singapore legislation

Section 7

of Miscellaneous Offences(Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906

Section 7

Duty of police officers as to dangerous animals

(1)

Every police officer must secure any animal reasonably suspected to be mad or dangerous, and any wild animal found at large in or near any public road under circumstances of danger to the public.

(2)

If there is reasonable ground to believe that any such mad, dangerous or wild animal cannot be secured without risk of personal injury to the police officer attempting to secure the animal, the police officer may shoot or otherwise destroy the animal.

Section 7 — Miscellaneous Offences(Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906