Section Text
Cattle trespassing in a reserved forest or in any portion of a protected forest which has been lawfully closed to grazing shall be deemed to be cattle doing damages to a public plantation within the meaning of section 11 of the Cattle-trespass Act, 1871 (1 of 1871), and may be seized and impounded as such by any Forest-officer or Police-officer.
Section 71 - Power to alter fines fixed under that ActThe1[ State Government ] may, by notification in the2[ Official Gazette ] , direct that, in lieu of the fines fixed under section 12 of the Cattle-trespass Act, 1871 (1 of 1871), there shall be levied for each head of cattle impounded under section 70 of this Act such fines as it thinks fit, but not exceeding the following, that is to say:-
| For each elephant | .. . . ten rupees |
| For each buffalo or camel | . . . . two rupees |
| For each horse, mare, gelding, pony, colt, filly, mule, bull, bullock, cow, or heifer | .. . . one rupee |
| For each calf, ass, pig, ram, ewe, sheep, lamb, goat or kid | .. . . eight annas |
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1. Substituted by the A.O. 1950, for "Provincial Government".
2. Substituted by the A.O. 1937, for "Local Official Gazette".