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Cattle Trespass Act [Cap 15]

Commencement: 16 January 1941

LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
REVISED EDITION 1988

CHAPTER 15

CATTLE TRESPASS

JR 3 of 1941

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

SECTION

1. Straying of cattle
2. Prosecutions

3. Interpretation

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CATTLE TRESPASS

To provide penalties for trespass by cattle.

STRAYING OF CATTLE

1. Any person who is the owner or who is in charge of any cattle who shall cause or permit any such cattle to stray or trespass on any public highway or on any land the property of any other person shall be guilty of an offence, and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding VT30,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 month or to both such fine and imprisonment.

PROSECUTIONS

2. Prosecutions for infractions of the provisions of this Act shall be brought by the Public Prosecutor acting on the complaint of the owner, lessee or person in charge of the property on which the cattle have strayed or trespassed.

INTERPRETATION

3. For the purposes of this Act, "cattle" shall mean any animal of equine, bovine, asinine, porcine, ovine, caprine or cervine breed and any cross thereof.

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