LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1960 - SECT 471

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1960 - SECT 471

471 .         Cattle to be released on payment of damages and poundkeeper’s fees and charges

                The keeper of a public pound —

            (a)         upon payment being made to him in respect of cattle impounded, of his lawful fees and charges, and the sums, if any, claimed for damage by trespass, or payable as ranger’s fees; or

            (b)         upon receipt of a statutory declaration sworn by a person entitled to claim a sum mentioned in section 466(d) that he has been paid or withdraws his claim for that sum, and on payment being made to the poundkeeper of the lawful fees and charges payable to the poundkeeper, and on payment of ranger’s fees, if any, in respect of cattle impounded;

                shall release the cattle from, and deliver them at, the pound to the owner of them or to a person authorised by the owner to receive them; but no poundkeeper is required so to release and deliver cattle except between the hours of sunrise and sunset, nor until payment is so made or waived.