# 11    Cattle damaging public roads, canals and embankments

1[11. Cattle damaging public roads, canals and embankments.--Persons in charge of public roads, pleasure-grounds, plantations, canals, drainage-works, embankments and the like and officers of police, may seize or cause to be seized any cattle doing damage to such roads, grounds, plantations, canals, drainage-works, embankments and the like, or the sides or slopes of such roads, canals, drainage-works or embankments or found straying thereon,

and shall 2[send them or cause them to be sent within twenty-four hours] to the nearest pound.

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  • 1. As to the application of s. 11 to forests, <i>see</i> the Indian Forest Act, 1927 (16 of 1927), s. 70; to railways <i>see the</i> Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890), s. 125 <i>(f)</i>.

  • 2. Subs. by Act 1 of 1891, s. 4, for &quot;take them without unnecessary delay&quot;.

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