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 29: Saving of right to sue for compensation.
    Nothing herein contained prohibits any person whose crops or other produce of land have been damaged by trespass of cattle from suing for compensation in any competent Court.
                                                    STATE AMENDMENT
     Maharashtra.--
    Substitution of new section 29 for existing section 29 of Act 1 of 1871.--In the principal Act, for the existing section 29, the following new section shall be substituted, namely:--
     "29. Saving of right to sue for compensation.--Nothing herein contained prohibits any person whose property, crops or other produce of land have been damaged or to whom any hurt or injury or obstruction has been caused by trespass of cattle from suing for compensation in any competent court."
    [Vide Bombay Act XIII of 1959, s. 10]
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