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POUNDS ACT - SECT 24

If cattle not claimed notice to be published in newspaper

If any cattle impounded in any pound are not claimed by the owner or by some person on his behalf within 24 hours after being impounded, the poundkeeper shall, as soon as possible after the expiration of the 24 hours referred to, cause a notice of the impounding in accordance with Form B in Schedule 2 to be published in a newspaper circulating in the area:

Provided that, where the Minister, by notice in a newspaper circulating in the area, specifies, with respect to any pound, that notices of the impounding of cattle in that pound which are made in accordance with Form B contained in Schedule 2 shall, in lieu of being published in a newspaper circulating in the area, be posted at the pound and at the nearest accessible police station, the notice of impounding referred to in this section shall be posted on a board in some conspicuous part of the pound and also in a conspicuous place at the nearest accessible police station to the pound.



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