Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871
14. Procedure if cattle be not claimed within a week
If the cattle be not
claimed within seven days from the date of their being impounded, the
pound-keeper shall report the fact to the officer in charge of the nearest
police-station, or to such other officer as the Magistrate of the District
appoints in this behalf.
Such officer shall
thereupon stick up in a conspicuous part of his office a notice starting--
(a) the number and
description of the cattle,
(b) the placed where
they were seized,
(c) the place where
they are impounded,
and shall cause
proclamation of the same to be made by beat of drum in the village and at the
market – place nearest to the place of seizure.
If the cattle be not
claimed within seven days from the date of the notice, they shall be sold by
public auction by the said officer, or an officer of his establishment deputed
for that purpose, at such place and time and subject to such conditions as the
Magistrate of the District by general or special order from time to time
directs:
Provided that if any such cattle are, in the opinion of the Magistrate of the
District, not likely to fetch a fair price if sold as aforesaid, they may be
disposed of in such manner as he thinks fit.