{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1906/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1906/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/6/32",
  "legislation_title": "Dogs Act 1906",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-act-1906",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Delivery of stray dogs to police.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Where a dog has been taken to a police station in pursuance of section 150(1) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 then—\n(a) if the finder desires to keep the dog, he shall inform the said police officer of this fact and shall furnish his name and address and the police officer shall, having complied with the procedure (if any) prescribed under subsection (5) below, allow the finder to remove the dog, and thereupon the finder may remove the dog, but shall be under an obligation to keep it for not less than one month;\n(b) if the finder does not desire to keep the dog, the said police officer shall treat it as if it had been seized by him in pursuance of section three of this Act.\n(3) If the finder removes the dog but fails to keep it for at least one month,, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.\n(4) The Secretary of State may, by regulations made by statutory instrument, prescribe the procedure to be followed under subsection (2)(a) above and any instrument containing regulations under this subsection shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4 substituted by Dogs (Amendment) Act 1928 (c. 21), s. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4(1) repealed (1.4.1992) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1)(2), Sch. 15 para. 3(3)(a), Sch. 16 Pt. IX; S.I. 1992/266, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(2) substituted (1.4.1992) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1), Sch. 15 para. 3(3)(b); S.I. 1992/266, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in S. 4(2)(a) substituted (1.4.1992) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1), Sch. 15 para. 3(3)(c); S.I. 1992/266, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 4(3) substituted (1.4.1992) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1), Sch. 15 para. 3(3)(d); S.I. 1992/266, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words “level 1 on the standard scale” substituted (E.W.) by virtue of Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45, SIF 39:1), s. 31(5)(6) and Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 4(4) inserted (E.W.) (1.4.1992) by Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43, SIF 46:4), s. 162(1), Sch. 15 para. 3(3)(e); S.I. 1992/266, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/6/32/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:22:54.972813+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}