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Sale of Stolen Cattle Prevention Act 1960.

Pays/Territoire
Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée
Type du document
Législation
Date
1960 (2006)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Source d'origine
Papua New Guinea Consolidated Legislation 2006.
Titre complet
Being an Act for the better prevention of the sale of stolen cattle.
Sujet
Bétail
Mot clé
Production animale Propriété Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives
Aire géographique
Asie et Pacifique, Mélanésie, Océanie, Petits états insulaires en développement, Pacifique Sud
Résumé

This Act concerns procedures for the awarding or recognition of ownership of mares, fillies, foals, geldings, colts, bulls, bullocks, cows, heifers, steers, calves, sheep, lambs, goats, pigs, mules and asses that are suspected of having been stolen and have been seized or identified by the enforcing authorities. On complaint or information on oath the Magistrate of a District Court may undertake action against possessors of cattle for purposes of establishing the real ownership of the cattle possessed. If it appears to a District Court, after hearing evidence on oath or affirmation that the cattle the subject of the summons or warrant were stolen within the period of one year immediately preceding the making of the complaint or the laying of the information, the Court may: adjudge the person making the complaint or laying the information to be the owner of the cattle; and issue a warrant under its seal to an officer of the Police Force commanding him or her to seize the cattle immediately, wherever they may be found; and to restore and give peaceable possession of the cattle to the person adjudged to be the owner. A person from whom or from whose possession any cattle have been taken under a warrant may recover from his vendor the amount paid by him as the purchase price of the cattle.

Texte intégral
Anglais
Site web
www.paclii.org