The Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871

Sections

1. 0Section 0
2. VII — SUITS FOR COMPENSATION
3. 1For section 26 of the Principal Act, amended by this Act, the following shall be substituted
4. 2Application of fines recovered under section 25, 26 or 27
5. III — IMPOUNDING CATTLE
6. 3Section 3
7. II — POUNDS AND POUND-KEEPERS
8. 4Establishment of pounds
9. 5Control of pounds. Rates of charge for feeding impounded cattle
10. 6Appointment of pound-keepers. Pound-keepers may hold other offices. Pound-keepers to be
11. 7To keep registers and furnish returns
12. 8To register seizures
13. 9To take charge of and feed cattle
14. III — IMPOUNDING CATTLE
15. 10Cattle damaging land
16. 12Fines for cattle impounded
17. IV — DELIVERY OR SALE OF CATTLE
18. 13Procedure when owner claims the cattle and pays fines and charges
19. 14Procedure if cattle be not claimed within a week
20. 15Delivery to owner disputing legality of seizure but making deposit
21. 16Procedure when owner refuses or omits to pay the fines and expenses
22. 17Disposal of fines, expenses and surplus proceeds of sales
23. 19Officers and pound-keepers not to purchase cattle at sales under Act
24. 20Power to make complaints
25. 21Procedure on complaint
26. 22Compensation for illegal seizure or detention
27. 23Recovery of compensation
28. VI — PENALTIES
29. 24Penalty for forcibly opposing the seizure of cattle or rescuing the same
30. 26Penalty for damage caused to land or crops or public roads by pigs
31. 27Penalty on pound-keeper failing to perform duties
32. 28Application of fines recovered under section 25, 26 or 27
33. VII — SUITS FOR COMPENSATION
34. 29Saving of right to sue for compensation
35. 30Set-off
36. 31Power for State Government to transfer certain functions to local authority