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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 title
An 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