A person who intends to care for or keep an animal categorized by a Cabinet
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Order as one that carries a risk of causing harm to the life, body or property of
humans hereinafter referred to as a "specified animal" shall, pursuant to the
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)
provisions of an Ordinance of the Ministry of the Environment, receive the
permission of the prefectural governor having jurisdiction over the location of the
facility for the care and keeping of the specified animal hereinafter referred to as
(
the "specified animal facility" in this Section for each kind of specified animal;
)
provided, however, that this shall not apply to the case where a veterinarian cares
for or keeps a specified animal in a medical facility which means a medical
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facility prescribed in Article 2 2 of the Veterinary Practice Act Act No. 46 of
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1992 for the purpose of medical care