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| (1) It shall be lawful for any person thereto-authorized by the Chairman of a Village Council to seize any ox, buffalo, horse, sheep, goat or pig which he may find tied, tethered or straying on or about any road or path within the administrative limits of the Council, unless such animal is tied or tethered to a cart which is being loaded or unloaded, and to place every animal so seized in the pound established by the Council for the purpose. |
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| (2) No animal seized under subsection (1) shall be delivered to the owner thereof except upon payment to the Chairman of the Village Council of the sum of one rupee, or such other sum as the Minister may by Notification published in the Gazette fix from time to time, which the Chairman shall cause to be remitted to the person by whom the animal may have been seized, and of a further sum of thirty cents 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 Village Council to sell it by public auction, and after payment of two rupees, or such other sum as the Minister may by Notification published in the Gazette fix from time to time, to the person by whom the animal was seized and a sum calculated at the rate of seventy-five cents a day for the custody and maintenance of the animal in the pound, to pay any balance of the proceeds of such sale, if such balance is not claimed and the payment thereof is not obtained by any person entitled thereto, within a period of one year from the date of such sale, to the communal fund. |
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| (4) The provisions of this section shall have effect in every village area notwithstanding anything contained in the Cattle Trespass Ordinance. |
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