South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In proceedings for
an offence against this Act, if it appears from a register under this Act or a
corresponding law that a dog was registered at or before the time of the
alleged offence, the person in whose name the dog was last registered in that
register will be taken to have owned the dog at the time of the alleged
offence unless it is proved that the dog was subsequently (but before that
time) registered in the name of another person in another register under this
Act or a corresponding law.
(2) In proceedings for
an offence against this Act, if a dog (whether registered or unregistered) is
shown to have been habitually in the apparent ownership of a person, that
person will, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be taken to have owned
and to continue to own the dog.