Canards Canins

Québec Dog Owners Journal

Unofficial copies of some By-laws Concerning Dogs

CONTENTS:

• Non official Copy of the By-law Concerning Dog and Animal Control for Boroughs originating from the old city of Montréal (Official translation)

  Non official Copy of the By-law Concerning Parks for Boroughs originating from the old city of Montréal (Official translation)

Concerning Dog and Animal Control

R.B.C.M.
c.C-10

1. In this by-law, the following words mean:
   "director": the director of the Service des permis et inspections;
   "keeper": the owner of a dog or a person who shelters, feeds, accompanies or takes care of a dog;
   "pound": a pound designated by an ordinance enacted under article 36.
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   95-085, a. 24.
   
   

2. No dogs may be kept without a licence issued in accordance with this by-law.
   
   
3. Article 2 does not apply to dogs kept for sale purposes by a person holding an occupancy certificate under the By-law concerning occupancy certificates and certain permits (chapter C-3.1).
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   95-246, a. 25.
   
   
4. No dogs usually living in another municipality may be brought into city territory without a valid licence from that municipality, or without a city licence in accordance with this by-law.
   
   
5. Where a dog that usually lives in a municipality other than the city is found on city territory without wearing a tag issued by that municipality and corresponding to a valid licence, the keeper of that dog contrevenes this by-law.
   
   The first paragraph does not apply if the keeper has obtained a licence from the city in accordance with article 4.
   
   
6. Subject to article 7, a licence is issued to any person who submits an application in accordance with article 8 and pays the amount set in the annual by-law concerning fees.
   
   No fees are required for guide dog applications filed by blind persons who provide proof of blindness.
   
   
7. Where the licence is requested by a minor, the father, mother, guardian or person answering for that minor must give his consent in writing, such consent to be attached to the application.
   
   
8. Each licence application must specify the family name, address and telephone number of the applicant, as well as the breed and sex of the dog concerned.
   
   
9. A licence is annual and valid for the period from January 1 to December 31. No licence is transferable.
   
   
10. Each person who is issued a licence is provided with a tag specifying the year and registration number of the dog. Tags must be worn by dogs at all times.
    
    
11. Keepers of dogs not wearing the tag referred to in article 10 contravene this by-law.
    
    
12. The director or a peace officer may catch or seize, at the domicile of its keeper, and impound any dog not wearing the tag referred to in article 10.
    
    
13. Any dog impounded under article 12 may be recovered within the next 3 working days, on payment of pound fees.
    
    

14. The following acts constitute a nuisance:
    
    1. causing damage to other people's property;
    2. biting another dog or person;
    3. barking, howling or whining so as to disturb the peace and quiet of one or more persons;
    4. being outside the lot on which the building occupied by its keeper is located, without being held on a leash no more than 2 m long;
    5. being on a private lot without the formal consent of the owner or occupant of that lot;
    6. being on the lot where the building occupied by its keeper is located, without being held by a device preventing it from leaving the lot, if unenclosed;
    7. being in a building referred to in article 1 of the By-law concerning parks (chapter P-3);
    8. being in an enclosed city playground, or in an unenclosed city playground where a sign specifies that dogs are prohibited;
    9. drinking from a fountain in a park or public place
    10. being in a basin, pond or lake in a park or public place.
    
    
    
15. Each keeper of a dog whose acts constitute a nuisance contravenes this by-law.
    
    
16. The director or a peace officer may catch or seize, at the domicile of its keeper, and impound any dog whose acts constitute a nuisance.
    
    
17. Dogs impounded under article 16 may be recovered within the next three working days, on payment of pound fees.
    
    
18. Any dog whose acts constitute a nuisance may be euthanized immediately of its catching or seizure constitutes a hazard.
    
    
19. Any dog that has bitten another dog or a person must be muzzled for 90 days, when it is outside the building occupied by its keeper.
    
    However, that dog can be euthanized in accordance with articles 20 to 22 if, in the opinion of the director, it constitutes a health or safety hazard, or if a wound inflicted by the dog resulted in a skin laceration requiring many stitches.
    
    
20. Each keeper of a dog referred to in the second paragraph of article 19 must, no later than 48 hours after being informed by the director, bring the dog to a veterinarian or a pound to be euthanized.
    
    The keeper must submit proof of the dog's death within 72 hours to the director, in the form of a written attestation by the person who performed the operation.
    
    
21. The Service de police de la Communauté urbaine de Montréal must submit without delay to the director a copy of any report by a peace officer pertaining to a dog bite.
    
    
22. On receipt of the report referred to in article 21, the director may, after serving a 48-hour notice on a keeper, catch or seize a dog and have it euthanized if he finds that the attestation referred to in article 20 has not been submitted.
    
    
23. Any person interfering in some way with the catching of a dog by the director or a peace officer contravenes this by-law.
    
    
24. Except for blind persons, keepers must immediately remove all feces discharged by dogs and dispose of them in a sanitary way.
    
    To that end, keepers must at all times be equipped with a shovel, container, plastic bag or other similar equipment to ensure proper collection.
    
    
25. The director or a peace officer may catch or seize, at the domicile of its keeper, and impound any dog whose keeper has contravened article 24.
    
    
26. Any dog impounded under article 25 may be recovered within the next 3 working days on payment of pound fees.
    
    
27. No more than 2 dogs at a time may be kept in a dwelling or accessory building of a building where the dwelling unit is located.
    
    
28. Despite article 27, newly-born puppies may be kept for a period of no more than 3 months.
    
    
29. The director or a peace officer may catch or seize, at the domicile of its keeper, and impound any dog kept in violation of article 27.
    
    
30. Where a keeper refuses to designate a dog to be caught or seized under article 29, or cannot be reached immediately, the director or peace officer may catch or seize either one of those dogs.
    
    
31. Any dog impounded under article 29 may be recovered within the next 3 working days if the keeper, by regaining possession of that dog, does not further contravene article 27, and pays all pound fees.
    
    
32. The director may sell or euthanize any dog impounded under article 12, 16, 25 or 29, at the end of the period specified in article 13, 17, 26 or 31, as the case may be.
    
    

33. The director may dispose of any dog that dies while in a pound or is euthanized under article 18, 20, 22, 32 or 35.
    
    
34. Any owner of a dog or other animal may, on payment of fees set in the annual by-law concerning fees:
    1. surrender the dog or animal to a pound;
    2. request home collection by a pound.
    
    
    
35. Any dog or other animal that has been surrendered to a pound under article 34 may be sold or euthanized.
    
    However, it must be euthanized if the owner gives instructions to that effect at the time of surrender.
    
    

35. 1 No person may feed pigeons, seaguls and squirrels.
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    99-102, a. 37.
    
    

36. The executive committee may, by ordinance:
    1. designate a pound as a municipal pound for by-law application purposes;
    2. assign certain powers conferred on the director under this by-law, to the director of another department or to an employee authorized by that director.
       
       

36. 1 Any person who contravenes article 35.1 of this by-law is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of $30 to $60.
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    99-102, a. 38.
    
    
37. Any person who contravenes a provision of this by-law other than article 35.1 is guilty of an offence and is liable:
    1. for a first offence, to a fine of $100 to $300;
    2. for a second offence, to a fine of $300 to $500;
    3. for a subsequent offence, to a fine of $500 to $1000.
       
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    99-102, a. 39.
    
    
38. Each keeper is responsible for a by-law violation unless he proves that, at the time of the offence, a third person other than a member of his family accompanied the dog without his formal or implicit knowledge and consent.

Concerning Parks

R.B.C.M.
c.P-3

1. In this by-law, the following words mean:
   "director": the director of the Service des parcs, jardins et espaces verts;
   "park": all city parks, including the park of Île Sainte-Hélène, botanical and zoological gardens, public places, squares, playgrounds, golf courses, baths, pools, gymnasiums, washrooms and other buildings therein.
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   95-085, a. 57.
   
   
2. The director is responsible for the supervision and control of parks.
   The first paragraph does not exempt peace officers from maintaining law and order in parks and public places, and taking all measures within their jurisdiction.
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   95-085, a. 58
   
   
3. It is prohibited to be in parks when they are closed. Parks are open to the public at all times, unless the closing periods are determined by ordinance.
   Any person who refuses to immediately comply with the order of a peace officer to leave the premises when a park is not open to the public contravenes this by-law.
   
   
4. The director may, if considered necessary for public safety reasons, prohibit access to parks and close, by means of barriers, markers or signs, any road, pathway or bike path in a park.
   Any person who does not comply with the measures taken by the director under the first paragraph contrevenes this by-law.
   
   
5. No games may be played in parks at places or at times other than those determined by the director.
   
   
6. No person visiting or frequenting a park may:
   1. scream, use blasphemous, abusive, indecent or threatening language, or commit an indecent or obscene act;
   2. (repealed)
   3. fish or bathe in ponds, bathe animals or throw anything therein;
   4. go on foot, on horseback or by car on the grass or lawns, or enter or leave by entrances or exits other than those designated for that purpose;
   5. walk animals, especially dogs, without a leash;
   6. (repealed)
   7. light fires, subject to articles 11-4 to 11.4C of the By-law concerning fire prevention (2575);
   8. do any shooting or hunting;
   9. throw, hurl or shoot stones or other projectiles, by hand or by means of any instrument;
   10. run or participate in games of chance;
   11. sell or offer for sale anything whatsoever, except in authorized restaurants;
   12. put up signs, placards, posters or advertisements for any purpose, without the director's written authorization.
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       99-102, a.45
       
       
7. No person may ride on a horse in parks.
   The first paragraph does not apply to police officers in the performance of their duties.
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   98-049, a. 94.
   
   

20. The executive committee may, by ordinance:
    1. set the dates and times when the parks are closed;
    2. set the fees and indemnity payable in case of trimming, pruning or felling.
    
    
21. Any person who contravenes this by-law is guilty of an offence and is liable:
    1. for a first offence, to a fine of $100 to $300;
    2. for a second offence, to a fine of $300 to $500;
    3. for a subsequent offence, to a fine of $500 to $1000.