 Violators can be fined for a first or second offence not more than $5,000 and in default of payment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both fine and imprisonment.A third offence would net a fine not more than $10,000 and in default of payment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both fine and imprisonment.More importantly, the courts can now prohibit the ownership of animals to the violators of this legislation, and may impose a lifetime ban preventing them from ever owing animals again.