The Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871
ACT NO. 1 OF 1871
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Trespasses by Cattle
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
- Title and extent.
- Interpretation clause.
POUNDS AND POUND-KEEPERS
- Establishment of pounds.
- Control of pounds.
Rates of charge for feeding impounded cattle.
- Appointment of pound-keepers. Pound-keepers may hold other offices. Pound-keepers to be
DUTIES OF POUND-KEEPERS
- To keep registers and furnish returns.
- To register seizures.
- To take charge of and feed cattle.
- Cattle damaging land.
Police to aid seizures.
- Cattle damaging public roads, canals and embankments.
- Fines for cattle impounded.
List of fines and charges for feeding.
DELIVERY OR SALE OF CATTLE
- Procedure when owner claims the cattle and pays fines and charges.
- Procedure if cattle be not claimed within a week.
- Delivery to owner disputing legality of seizure but making deposit.
- Procedure when owner refuses or omits to pay the fines and expenses.
Deduction of fines and expenses.
Delivery of unsold cattle and balance of proceeds.
- Disposal of fines, expenses and surplus proceeds of sale.
- Officers and pound-keepers not to purchase cattle at sales under Act.
Pound-keepers when not to release impounded cattle.
COMPLAINTS OF ILLEGAL SEIZURE OR DETENTION
- Power to make complaints.
- Procedure on complaint.
- Compensation for illegal seizure or detention.
Release of cattle.
- Recovery of compensation.
- Penalty for forcibly opposing the seizure of cattle or rescuing the same.
- Recovery of penalty for mischief committed by causing cattle to trespass.
- Penalty for damage caused to land or crops or public roads by pigs.
- Penalty on pound-keeper failing to perform duties.
- Application of fines recovered under section 25, 26 or 27.
SUITS FOR COMPENSATION
- Saving of right to sue for compensation.
- Power for State Government to transfer certain functions to local authority.