Inspection of traps

36 Obligation to inspect traps
  • (1) A person who, for the purpose of capturing alive a mammal, bird, reptile, or amphibian, sets or causes to be set a trap, must,—

    • (a) inspect that trap, or cause a competent person to inspect that trap, within 12 hours after sunrise on each day the trap remains set, beginning on the day immediately after the day on which the trap is set; and

    • (b) remove, or cause to be removed, any live animal found in that trap or attend properly to the care of any such animal or, without delay, kill any such animal.

    (2) A person commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,200 who fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with any provision of subsection (1).

    Compare: 1960 No 30 s 6; 1993 No 19 s 3(1)