Requirement for licence and approval
3.—(1)  No person shall own or keep a dog unless that person has taken out a licence in respect of the dog.
[S 38/2017 wef 01/03/2017]
(1A)  The Director‑General may exempt any person or class of persons from paragraph (1) for such duration, and subject to such conditions, as the Director‑General may determine.
[S 38/2017 wef 01/03/2017]
(2)  No person shall keep more than 3 dogs in any premises (not being any licensed premises) without the prior permission of the Director-General.
[S 38/2017 wef 01/03/2017]
[S 670/2024 wef 29/08/2024]
(3)  The Director-General may grant permission under paragraph (2) for the keeping of more than 3 dogs in any premises (not being any licensed premises), subject to —
(a)the imposition of additional conditions of the licence; and
(b)the payment of the appropriate licence fee.
[S 38/2017 wef 01/03/2017]
[S 670/2024 wef 29/08/2024]
(4)  No person shall keep more than one dog of any breed specified in the Second Schedule in any premises without the prior permission of the Director-General.
[S 686/2010 wef 15/11/2010]
(5)  The Director-General may grant permission under paragraph (4) for the keeping of more than one dog of any breed specified in the Second Schedule in any premises, subject to —
(a)the imposition of additional conditions of the licence; and
(b)the payment of the appropriate licence fee.
[S 686/2010 wef 15/11/2010]
(6)  Paragraph (4) shall not apply to any person who, immediately before 15th November 2010, holds valid licences for more than one dog of any breed specified in the Second Schedule for so long as those licences are not revoked or are renewed and not subsequently revoked.
[S 686/2010 wef 15/11/2010]
(7)  The issue of a licence in respect of a dog of any breed specified in the Second Schedule upon an application that is made pursuant to rule 4(8) less than 12 months after the expiry of the previous licence in respect of the same dog shall be deemed to be a renewal for the purposes of paragraph (6).
[S 686/2010 wef 15/11/2010]