Railway (Compensation for Livestock) Act (Chapter 70:03). Country/Territory Botswana Document type Legislation Date 1904 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to make provision as to the compensation of owners of stock killed or injured by trains running on lines of railway. Subject Livestock Keyword Animal production Grazing Pastoralism Geographical area Africa, Landlocked Developing Nations, Southern Africa Abstract This Act makes provisions for the compensation for damage caused to livestock by trains. Claims for compensation for stock under the provisions of this Act shall be cognizable in any competent court of Botswana within the jurisdiction of which court such stock has been killed or injured notwithstanding that the train by which the stock was killed or injured belongs to an undertaker not domiciled within Botswana. Full text English Website www.laws.gov.bw