Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

POUNDS ACT - SECT 32

Where any impounded cattle have been offered for sale at any pound in accordance with this Act and no bid for the cattle has been made at that sale, the poundkeeper may:

        (a)     fix another time for the sale of the cattle by a further notice in a newspaper circulating in the area in accordance with Form B in Schedule 2;

        (b)     fix another time for the sale of the cattle by posting a notice of sale on a board on some conspicuous part of the pound;

        (c)     cause the cattle to be destroyed; or

        (d)     where he is appointed by the Minister, take over the cattle as the property of the Territory or, where he is appointed by the local authority, take over the cattle as the property of the local authority.