Dogs Act 1871
1871 c.56
An Act to provide further Protection against Dogs.
[24th July 1871]
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Dangerous dogs may be destroyed.
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Any court of summary jurisdiction may take cognizance of a complaint that a dog is dangerous, and not kept under proper control, and if it appears to the court having cognizance of such complaint that such dog is dangerous, the court may make an order in a summary way directing the dog to be kept by the owner under proper control or destroyed, . . .
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Penalty how to be recovered.
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Definition of terms.
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In this Act,—
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- “court of summary jurisdiction” as regards Scotland has the same meaning as in section 462 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975. . . .

Saving of local Acts and of 30 & 31. Vict. c. 134. s. 18.
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This Act shall not affect the powers contained . . . in any local or other Act of Parliament for the same or like purposes; and in places where any such local or other Act is in force, proceedings may be taken under such local or other Act, or under this Act, as may be deemed expedient.

Short title.
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This Act may be cited as
“The Dogs Act, 1871.”
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Preamble omitted under authority of Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)
Words of enactment repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54)
This Act was repealed (N.I.) by S.I. 1983/764 (N.I. 8), Sch. 2
S.1 repealed by Dogs Act 1906 (c. 32), Sch.
S. 2 extended by Dogs Act 1906 (c. 32), s. 1(4); amended by Dogs Amendment Act 1938 (c. 21)
S. 2 explained (E.W.S.) (12.8.1991) by Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (c. 65, SIF 4:1), s. 3(5); S.I. 1991/1742, art. 3
Words repealed by Dangerous Dogs Act 1989 (c. 30, SIF 4:1), s. 2 (3)(a)(4)
S. 3 repealed by 1974 c. 17, s. 9(2), Sch.
S.4 repealed by Dangerous Dogs Act 1989 (c. 30, SIF 4:1), s. 2 (3)(a)(4)
Definitions of “local authority”, “local rate” and “Summary Jurisdiction Acts” repealed by Statute Law Revision (No. 2) Act 1893 (c. 54) and Rabies Act 1974 (c. 17), Sch.
Words substituted by Dangerous Dogs Act 1989 (c. 30, SIF 4:1), s. 2 (2)(4)
Definitions of “police district”, “chief officer of police” and “highway” repealed by Dogs Act 1906 (c. 32), Sch.
Words repealed by Dangerous Dogs Act 1989 (c. 30, SIF 4:1), s. 2 (3)(a)(4)
Sch.repealed by Rabies Act 1974 (c. 17), Sch.
Act repealed (S.) (26.2.2011) by Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 9), Sch. 2 (with s. 16)