Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7108 – Feeding of garbage to hogs prohibited; exception; penalty
(a) No person shall feed garbage to hogs in this State except as provided in subsection (c) of this section.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 3 Sec. 7108
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) For the purposes of this section “garbage” means putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of foods, swine carcasses and parts thereof, but not to include waste exclusively vegetable in nature.
(c) This section shall not apply to any individual farmer who feeds only his or her own household garbage to hogs which are raised for such individual farmer’s own use.
(d) Whoever wilfully violates this section shall be fined not less than $200 and not more than $500. Each day’s violation shall be considered a separate offense.
(e) Justices of the peace shall have original jurisdiction to hear, try and finally determine alleged violations of this section.
3 Del. C. 1953, § ?7108; 49 Del. Laws, c. 309; 57 Del. Laws, c. 689, § ?3; 59 Del. Laws, c. 127, § ?1; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;