Section 32. Liability of consignee in case of Europeans who arrive in charge of animals and become vagrants

32. Liability of consignee in case of Europeans who arrive in charge of animals and become vagrants. "Consignee" defined. "Agent" defined. 33. Evidence of declaration under section 5. 34. Exercise of powers conferred on Local Government. 32. When any person of European extraction lands in India, being or having been during his passage to India, or from one Indian port to another, in charge of, or in attendance upon, any animal, and becomes chargeable to the State as a vagrant within one year after his arrival in India, then the consignee of such animal, or the agents in India for the sale of such animal, or, if such consignee or agents cannot be found, the agent to whom the ship in which such animal arrived in India was consigned, shall be liable to pay to the Government the cost of such person's removal under this Act, and all other charges incurred by the State in consequence of his becoming a vagrant. Any such consignee or agent shall be entitled to charge the consignor or principal for any payment to the Government under this section. 'Consignee' defined. For the purposes of this section 'Consignee' includes any person who undertakes to dispose of such animal for the benefit of the consignor, and 'Agent' defined. 'Agent' includes any person who undertakes the agency of such ship, though it may not have been consigned to him. 33. In 1874.] European Vagrancy.