Section 27: Penalty on pound-keeper failing to perform duties.

The Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871Central Act · Act 1 of 1871

Any pound-keeper releasing or purchasing or delivering cattle contrary to the provisions of section 19, or omitting to provide any impounded cattle with sufficient food and water, or failing to perform any of the other duties imposed upon him by this Act, shall, over and above any other penalty to which he may be liable, be punished, on conviction before a Magistrate, with fine not exceeding fifty rupees.

Such fines may be recovered by deductions from the pound-keepers salary.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871
Section	27
Marginal note	Penalty on pound-keeper failing to perform duties.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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