Fences and Detention of Stray Livestock Act (R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 166). Country/Territory Canada Territorial subdivision Nova Scotia Document type Legislation Date 1989 (2002) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for fences and detention of stray livestock. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal production Grazing Institution Pastoralism Geographical area Americas, Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract The present Act lays down provisions relating to fences and detention of stray livestock. For each municipality a committee to be known as the “fences arbitration committee” shall be established. In particular, section 5 specifies that the owner of a livestock farm shall build and maintain fences adequate to prevent his livestock from escaping from his farm. Moreover, the owner of a non-livestock farm adjoining a livestock farm shall not plant or cultivate any crop other than hay or pasture that would constitute an enticement to livestock closer than eight feet to a fence built or maintained. The Act consists of 20 sections. Full text English Website www.gov.ns.ca