Animals and Birds Act 1965 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Prevention of Spread of Disease
40. Anti‑rabies vaccination of dogs
Feedback & supportThe Minister may make an order requiring that all dogs within Singapore or any part thereof specified in the order must be submitted to anti‑rabies vaccination.
Where an order has been made under subsection (1) an authorised officer may specify periods of time within which, and the place at which, dogs or groups of dogs, must be produced for the purpose of such vaccination.
All such arrangements for vaccination of dogs must be published in such manner as the authorised officer may determine.
The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, require that every dog which has been vaccinated in accordance with the order must, after such date as may be specified in the notification, at all times during the continuance in force of the order and within the area to which the order applies, carry upon it a serially numbered badge, mark, tag or other evidence of vaccination.
Any dog within the area after the date specified in the notification made under subsection (4), whether the dog is at large or not, which does not carry the proper evidence of vaccination may be destroyed.
An authorised officer may authorise in writing any person to destroy dogs to give effect to subsection (5).
Any person so authorised may enter any land, building or premises for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of subsection (6).
building
“building” includes any house, hut, shed, stable or enclosure, whether roofed or not, used for sheltering or confining any animal or bird and any pen, cage, wall, gate, pillar, post, paling, frame, boarding, fence, platform, roadway, path, steps, staging, slip, wharf, dock, piles, jetty, landing stage or bridge, or any structure connected with the foregoing;
The person so authorised must not enter into any dwelling for that purpose, except during the hours of daylight and must, if required, produce and show his or her written authority to the owner, occupier or person for the time being in charge of the land, building or premises.
owner
“owner” includes any person for the time being in charge of any animal or bird and any person for the time being in occupation of any building;
If any person in charge of a dog fails to comply with any order or requirement under subsection (1) or (4), as the case may be, an authorised officer may immediately destroy that dog.
person in charge
“person in charge”, in relation to an animal, means a person who has, whether permanently or on a temporary basis, the animal in the person’s possession, custody or control, or under the person’s care or supervision, and includes an individual who has the animal in such a manner in the course of the individual’s employment;
Any owner or person in charge of a dog who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with an order made under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement contained in a notification made under subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.
No compensation is payable in respect of any dog that is destroyed under this section.