22. If it is shown to the satisfaction of the Government Agent of any Administrative District that any animal is in the habit of trespassing, within that District, on any private land, or any irrigation work, aerodrome, saltern, line of railway or land appertaining thereto, public road, public park or Crown land and that such animal cannot be seized or identified, he-
| (a) may authorize any person to seize such animal while so trespassing or to identify it, and |
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| (b) may, if such person finds after reasonable exertion that it is impracticable to seize or identify such animal, in writing permit such person to shoot such animal within such specified area within thirty days after the grant of such permission. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts