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| (1) It shall be lawful for any person, thereto authorized by the Chairman of the Pradeshiya Sabha, to seize any ox, buffalo, horse, sheep, goat or pig which he may find tied, tethered or straying on or about any thoroughfare within the limits of the Pradeshiya Sabha unless such animal belongs to any cart or boat to which it is tied or tethered whilst the cart or boat is being loaded or unloaded, and to place every animal so seized in the pound established by the Pradeshiya Sabha for the purpose. |
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| (2) No animal seized under subsection (1) shall be delivered to the owner thereof unless upon payment of such sum as the Pradeshiya Sabha may by resolution fix, from time to time, for the use of the person by whom the animal may have been seized, and of such further sum as the Pradeshiya Sabha may by resolution fix from time to time for each day during which the animal may have been kept in the pound. |
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| (3) If no person claims any animal placed in the pound or pays the dues required by subsection (2) within ten days after the seizure of the animal, it shall be lawful for the Pradeshiya Sabha to sell it by public auction, and after payment of such sum as the Pradeshiya Sabha may by resolution fix from time to time to the person by whom the animal was seized, and of a sum calculated at such rate per day as the Pradeshiya Sabha may by resolution fix from time to time for the custody and maintenance of the animal in the pound, to keep any balance of the proceeds of such sale in deposit and if such balance is not claimed and payment thereof is not obtained by any person entitled thereto within a period of one year from the date of the sale, to pay such balance into the Pradeshiya Sabha Fund. |
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| (4) The provisions of this section shall have effect in every Pradeshiya Sabha area to which this Act applies. notwithstanding anything contained in the Animals Act, No. 29 of 1958. |
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