Section 498: Power of police to take charge of animal or vehicle

When a person in charge of an animal or vehicle is arrested it shall be lawful for any
police officer to take charge of such animal or vehicle and to deposit the same in a
place of safe custody until the termination of the proceedings or until the court shall
direct such animal or vehicle to be delivered to the person charged or to the owner,
and the reasonable costs of such detention, including the reasonable costs of any
veterinary treatment shall, in the event of a conviction in respect of the animal, be
paid by the owner, and such costs may be recovered in like manner as a fine.