s 12 Offences relating to animals
12.—(1) Any person who commits any of the following offences shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000:(a) being the owner or person in charge of any animal allows the animal to injure any tree or plant, or fence round any tree or plant, in or at the side of any public road, or to graze on the side of any public road; (b) allows any horse, cattle, goat, sheep or pig to stray upon, or tethers or pickets any such animal upon, any public road or State land or land in the possession of any local authority or public institution or land in the possession of any private person, without the permission of the owner or lawful occupier thereof; (c) leads or drives any horse, cattle, goat, sheep or pig in or near any public road without having them under proper control. (2) All damage done by an animal mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is to be assessed by a Magistrate’s Court and is recoverable in the manner provided by law for the recovery of fines before Magistrates’ Courts from the owner of the animal, together with any amounts to be levied as fines.