Act Number: 1

Act Name: The Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871

Year: 1871

Enactment Date: 1871-01-13

Long Title: An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Trespasses by Cattle.

Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Department: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Section 25: Recovery of penalty for mischief committed by causing cattle to trespass.
    1[25. Recovery of penalty for mischief committed by causing cattle to trespass.--Any fine imposed 21 2[under the next following section or] for the offence of mischief by causing cattle to trespass on any land may be recovered by sale of all or any of the cattle by which the trespass was committed, whether they were seized in the act of trespassing or not, and whether they are the property of the person convicted of the offence, or were only in his charge when the trespass was committed.
Notes:
1. As to the application of s. 25 in the case of cattle-trespassing on a railway, see the Indian Railways Act, 1390 (9 of 1890), s. 125 (3).
2. Ins. by Act 1 of 1891, s. 7.
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