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Pounds Act (Cap. 67:03).

Country/Territory
Trinidad and Tobago
Document type
Legislation
Date
1875 (2011)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Ministry of Legal Affairs.
Long title
An Act as to animals trespassing.
Subject
Livestock
Keyword
Animal production Ownership Grazing Offences/penalties Pastoralism
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Atlantic, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act provides for the establishment and management of pounds, and the impounding, tagging or disposal of straying animals. The Act empowers the Magistrate of any district to authorize the establishment of public pounds. The senior officer of police in every police district shall act as pound-keeper of all pounds in his district unless some other person is appointed by the Magistrate of the district with the approval of the Minister. The owner or occupier of any enclosed, cultivated, or pasture land, or any person authorized by him, may seize any poundable animal found trespassing on such land and may send or take every such animal to the pound of the district.

Full text
English
Website
rgd.legalaffairs.gov.tt