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MAINE STATUTES AND CODES
17 §1022. Prevention of cruelty
Title 17: CRIMES
Chapter 42: ANIMAL WELFARE HEADING: PL 1987, C. 383, §4 (NEW); 1999, C. 254, §16 (RPR)
Subchapter 2: POSSESSION OF ANIMALS HEADING: PL 1987, C. 383, §4 (NEW)
§1022. Prevention of cruelty
The commissioner or any person authorized to make arrests may lawfully interfere to prevent the perpetration of any act of cruelty upon an animal in that person's presence. [1997, c. 690, §65 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
1987, c. 383, §4 (NEW). 1991, c. 779, §49 (AMD). 1997, c. 690, §65 (AMD).
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