Hong Kong Regulations

DANGEROUS DOGS REGULATION - SECT 17

Certificate of classification

(1) (a) Where a dog is classified as a fighting dog pursuant to section 16(1),
the keeper of the dog may within 14 days after receiving notice of the
classification, by notice in writing served on the Director, apply to the
Board for a determination as to whether the dog is a fighting  dog.

   (b)  In the absence of any previous determination in respect of a dog by
        the Board upon application to it under this section, an authorized
        officer may at any time, by notice in writing served on the Director,
        apply to the Board for a determination as to whether the dog is a
        fighting  dog.

(2) The Director shall, within 7 days after receiving a notice of an
application by virtue of subsection (1), forward the notice to the Chairman of
the Board.

(3) Where any question arises in any proceedings (including proceedings before
the Administrative Appeals Board) under the Ordinance or this Regulation as to
whether a dog is a fighting dog, a certificate purporting to be signed by a
person as the Chairman of the Board stating any fact relating to that question
shall, for the purposes of those proceedings, be admissible in evidence on its
production and be conclusive evidence of that fact.