Destruction of stray dogs; Muzzling or seizure of dogs; Saving as to dogs wearing collars; Destruction or sale of dogs;

(1) The Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad may from time to time by notification proclaim that any stray dog found, during such time as may be specified in the notification, wandering in any street or in any public place shall be destroyed and every such dog found in any street, or public place during the hours mentioned in the notification, shall be destroyed. (2) The Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad may by public notice, require that every such dog as may be in any street or public place and not led by some person shall be muzzled in such a manner as to prevent it from biting, while not causing inconvenience to it in eating or breathing and every Police officer may, so long as such notice remains in force, destroy, or take possession of and detain any dog not so muzzled and found astray beyond the premises of the owner: Provided that any dog so found, with a collar bearing the name or address of its owner, shall not, unless it is rabid, be forthwith destroyed; but it shall be detained and information thereof be given by post or otherwise to its owner. (3) Any dog which has been detained under sub-section (2) remains without the owner providing with a muzzle for 3 clear days and paying all expenses for such detention may be sold or destroyed with the sanction and under the order of Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad. (4) The proceeds of the sale of any dog under sub-section (3) shall be applied, as far as may be, towards the expenses for its detention; and the Government shall be entitled to appropriate the balance if any. (5) Any expenses incurred for the detention or destruction of any such dog shall, subject to the provisions of sub-section (4) of this section, be recoverable upon a warrant by the Commissioner of City Police, Hyderabad as fine under section 386 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898.