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Railway (Compensation for Livestock) Act (Chapter 70:03).

Country/Territory
Botswana
Document type
Legislation
Date
1904 (2008)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An 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