Gujarat Police Act, 1951
(1) The Commissioner and the District Superintendent in areas under their respective charges, may from time to time, by public notice, proclaim that any stray dogs found, during such period as may be specified in the said notice, wandering in the streets or in any public place may be destroyed, and any dog so found within such period may be destroyed accordingly. (2) The authority empowered under sub-section (1) may be public notice require that every dog, within any street or public place and not led by some person, shall be muzzled in such a manner as effectually to prevent it from biting, while not obstructing its breathing or drinking and the Police may, so long as such notice remains if force, destroy or take possession of and detain any dog found loose without muzzle in any street or place beyond the premises of the owner thereof: