§142-47  Obliterating brand; penalty.  Any person who obliterates any brand or mark, on any animal, by placing another brand or mark over the same, or otherwise, although without felonious intent, shall be fined not more than $200 for every brand or mark so obliterated. [PC 1869, c 83, §2 (same as CC 1859, §249); RL 1925, §687; RL 1935, §265; RL 1945, §1074; RL 1955, §20-46; HRS §142-47; am L 1984, c 8, §3]