Public Pounds and Trespass Act, 1920 (Chapter 253)
Zambia
Public Pounds and Trespass Act, 1920
Chapter 253
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Commenced on 28 April 1920
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This Act may be cited as the Public Pounds and Trespass Act. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—"animal" includes cattle, horses, sheep, goats and pigs;"cattle" means any bull, cow, ox, steer, heifer or calf;"declared area" means any portion of Zambia to which the provisions of this Act have been declared to apply;"flock" means any number of sheep or goats, more than one, which are in one lot, or under the charge of one person;"goat" means any ram, ewe, wether or kid;"horse" means any horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly, ass or mule;"owner", in relation to land, includes a lessee or occupier and, in relation to any animal, an agent or caretaker;"pound" means a pound established under the provisions of this Act;"pound assessor" means any person appointed by a District Secretary as a pound assessor for his District;"sheep" means any ram, ewe, wether or lamb;"stallion" means any male horse, ass or mule not castrated;"sufficient fence", when applied to wire fences, means a fence of so many wires and of such construction as the District Secretary shall from time to time decide; in other cases, a wall fence or barrier at least one hundred and thirty-seven centimetres high and through which no animal could pass without breaking the same.[As amended by S.I. No. 29 of 1964] The Minister may, by statutory notice, establish a pound at any place within a declared area and may similarly abolish any pound so established.[As amended by G.N. No. 319 of 1964] The management and control of every pound shall be vested in the District Secretary of the District in which such pound is situate. The District Secretary may appoint—(a)a poundmaster of any pound in his District subject to the terms of the contract entered into between the District Secretary and such poundmaster:Provided that—(i)no person shall at the same time be poundmaster of more than one pound; and(ii)no person shall be appointed or continue as poundmaster who is a licensed dealer in intoxicating liquor;(b)as many pound assessors as may be requiste;and such District Secretary may dismiss any such poundmaster or pound assesor. The poundmaster, or someone acting on his behalf, shall give to the person delivering animals into his charge a written receipt, setting forth the number and description of the animals so delivered, and specifying the trespass for which the said animals are reported to be impounded. Every poundmaster shall maintain in good repair, and as far as possible free from all infection, not less than three separate and sufficient enclosures, that is to say, one for horses, one for cattle, and one for sheep, goats and pigs:Provided that the District Secretary may, in regard to any pound in his District, give permission to the poundmaster to maintain in manner aforesaid a lesser number of such enclosures. Any poundmaster who shall ride or otherwise work or use any impounded animal shall be liable for every such offence to the penalty prescribed by section seventy-eight. In case of the death or injury of any impounded animal, the poundmaster shall enter in his pound book a description of such animal, and the cause of its death or injury; and the absence of any such entry, or its falsity in any material respect, shall be held to be prima facie proof of the fact that the death or injury in question was due to the default of the poundmaster. Any poundmaster may destroy, subject to the exceptions hereinafter stated, any impounded animal suffering from a contagious disease, or likely to prove dangerous to human life, or destructive to other animals impounded:Provided that—(i)the poundmaster shall completely and effectually isolate any diseased animal away from any road;(ii)no such animal shall be destroyed until a Government Veterinary Officer or a pound assessor or two disinterested landowners shall have examined it, and shall agree with the poundmaster as to the necessity for its destruction;(iii)the poundmaster shall summon the owner of such animal, if known, to attend the examination aforesaid, which summons may be by letter duly sent through the post;(iv)if the owner of the animal objects to its destruction, the poundmaster may release it. If such owner shall give an undertaking to destroy the animal the poundmaster shall release at the same time all other animals belonging to him which may have been impounded on the same occasion as the animal proposed to be destroyed;(v)(A)every pound assessor or landowner attending for the purpose of the inspection aforesaid, shall be paid by the poundmaster the sum of seventy-five ngwee, together with railway fare, or if and so far as no railway shall be available, horse-hire at eight ngwee per mile or bicycle hire at five ngwee per mile;(B)the amount so paid may be recovered by the poundmaster from the owner of the animal if it be destroyed;(C)if the animal be not destroyed or if the owner be unknown, or if it be impossible to recover from the owner the whole or any part of such amount, then the said amount, or the portion of it unrecovered, as the case may be, shall be paid to the poundmaster by the Government;(vi)nothing in this section shall apply to sheep or goats suffering merely from scab. Any poundmaster who shall sell any cattle at a pound wherein any contagious disease has occurred within six months of the date of such sale shall, at the time of sale, first publicly declare at what date the last case of any contagious disease occurred in the pound. Every poundmaster shall keep a book for the purpose of entering therein a record of each case of contagious disease, showing the date when any animal was destroyed and stating whether on examination the poundmaster and the witness or witnesses pronounced the animal to be infected, and recording the marks by which such animal was to be distinguished; and such book shall be received in evidence if any question arises concerning the destruction of any animal under the provisions of this Act or compensation in respect thereof. Every poundmaster who knows the name of the owner of any animals impounded in his pound shall forthwith send through the post, or otherwise, a written notice addressed to such owner at his place of residence informing him of the fact that the said animals have been impounded. Every poundmaster who shall—(a)refuse to allow his pound book, Brand Directory or copy of this Act to be inspected by any person having a lawful right to inspect them; or(b)neglect in any respect to comply with the provisions of sections sixty-six to seventy-one inclusive; or(c)neglect or refuse to forward to the District Secretary the copies of entries referred to in the preceding section;shall be liable for each offence to the penalty prescribed by section seventy-eight. Every poundmaster who shall—(a)knowingly make a false entry in his pound book;(b)fraudulently destroy or erase any entry already made; or(c)wilfully deliver to the District Secretary aforesaid a false copy or extract from his pound book;shall be liable to the penalty prescribed by section seventy-eight. Every poundmaster shall take his pound book with him to every sale of animals impounded in his pound, and such book shall be open, at the place of sale, free of charge, to all persons desirous of inspecting it. No person shall—(a)use or retain possession of or sell or otherwise dispose of any animal found astray; or(b)sell or dispose of any animal found trespassing upon his property;under the penalty prescribed by section seventy-eight:Provided that the recovery of any such penalty shall be no bar to any prosecution for theft, or to the recovery from such person of the value of the animal and damage for its illegal detention or sale. No person who has seized animals for the purpose of being impounded shall tie them up or cause them to be confined in any stable, kraal or other enclosure without food or water for a longer period than six hours during the day-time. Every person who delivers any animals to a poundmaster to be impounded shall be entitled to receive from such poundmaster mileage at the rate set forth in the First Schedule:Provided that—(i)when the person so delivering the said animals is not himself the owner of the land trespassed upon, or the caretaker for the owner, then he shall produce a written memorandum signed by such owner or caretaker giving a description of the animals, and authorising the bearer to convey them to the pound, and every such memorandum shall be preserved by the poundmaster as a voucher;(ii)when more persons than one have been necessarily employed in conveying the said animals to the pound, mileage shall only be paid by the poundmaster to one of such persons; but the person impounding the animals may recover from the owner thereof, in any competent court, similar mileage in respect of every other such person so employed. The owner of any animal lawfully impounded for trespass upon—(a)any garden, including any market garden or kitchen garden or orchard;(b)any place upon which a cultivated crop is growing, or upon which such crop, having been gathered, is still lying;(c)any yard, floor or place containing grain or dried fruit;shall, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, be liable to pay trespass money to the owner of the property trespassed upon, calculated according to the rates set forth in the Second Schedule:Provided that—(i)any owner, or the caretaker for any owner, sending animals to the pound for a trespass under this section, shall at the same time send a signed memorandum to the poundmaster setting forth the number and description of the animals and the species of place or property upon which they have trespassed;(ii)when the person impounding elects to claim trespass money calculated according to the Second Schedule, the memorandum shall state the amount so claimed; but if he elects to refer the amount of damage to the award of a pound assessor and landowners as provided by section thirty-eight, or if he elects to proceed for damages by action, the memorandum shall state such election on the part of the person signing it;(iii)if the memorandum delivered with the animals does not state the species of place or property upon which they have trespassed, then they shall be considered as impounded for trespass under section thirty-five;(iv)when such animals are taken to the pound by the owner or caretaker aforesaid in person, then the verbal statement of such owner or caretaker upon the matters referred to in provisos (i) to (iii) shall be taken and recorded by the poundmaster. The owner of any animals lawfully impounded for trespass upon any uncultivated ground, or any place not of the description in the last preceding section given, shall be liable to pay trespass money to the owner of the property trespassed upon at the rate set forth in the Third Schedule. In case any property shall be trespassed upon on more than one occasion within the space of fourteen days by animals belonging to the same owner, then the said owner shall be liable in respect of the second trespass to pay twice the amount of trespass money which would have been payable under this Act, had such second trespass not been a repeated trespass. If any owner shall consider the amount of trespass money claimable under this Act inadequate for the damage done to his property by animals trespassing thereon, he may demand that such damage shall be assessed by the nearest pound assessor, as umpire or referee, and two landowners as arbitrators. In every such case the following provisions shall apply:(a)the owner intending to have the amount of damages assessed by arbitration under this section shall give notice to the owner of the animals (where he is known) and to the nearest pound assessor within twenty-four hours after the trespass has been committed;(b)the owner shall appoint one arbitrator, and the owner of the animals (where he is known) the other. If the owner of the animals neglects or refuses to appoint an arbitrator, then the arbitrator nominated by the owner of the property shall proceed to assess the damages in conjunction with a landowner nominated by the nearest pound assessor as a second arbitrator; if the nearest pound assessor is away from home or fails to nominate the second arbitrator, then such second arbitrator shall be nominated by the nearest pound assessor willing to make such nomination;(c)if the nearest pound assessor is absent from home, or is unable or unwilling or fails to act, then the two arbitrators appointed shall select some impartial landowner to act as referee in place of the pound assessor;(d)if the owner of the animals is unknown, then the assessment shall only take place in the presence of a pound assessor. The owner of the property shall in such cases obtain the services of the nearest available pound assessor, who shall appoint two landowners as arbitrators and shall himself act as umpire or referee;(e)the pound assessor referee shall appoint a convenient time for the inspection of the property trespassed upon; and the referee and arbitrators shall be entitled to receive from the complainant for their services the sum of seventy-five ngwee each, together with railway fare or, if and so far as no railway shall be available, horse-hire at eight ngwee per kilometre or bicycle at five ngwee per kilometre, which charge, as well as the damage assessed, shall be paid to the complainant by the owner of the animals in case the damages assessed shall exceed the amount which would under any of the Schedules have been claimable;(f)if any owner of property who demands arbitration under this section shall agree with the person from whom he claims damages to submit the matter to any single referee or to any arbitrators whom the parties may select, then such referee or arbitrators shall, unless the written agreement for arbitration shall otherwise provide, be bound to act in accordance with the provisions of this section, and their award shall be considered to be of the same effect as if it had been given by the pound assessor and landowners herein mentioned. Every award made under the preceding section shall be in writing, and shall be signed by the arbitrators and by the pound assessor or referee, or, in the case of a single landowner being lawfully entitled to make it as referee, by such landowner; and it shall state the amount at which the damage has been assessed, and also whether the complainant or the owner of the animal is liable to pay the charge for the award:Provided that if the pound assessor or referee and landowner shall not agree in their assessment, then the amount agreed upon by any two of them shall be the amount awarded. Every such award shall be handed to the complainant, who shall send a true copy of such award to the poundmaster of the pound to which the animals have been sent, and thereupon the assessed damages and charges, if allowed, shall become a charge upon the animals impounded. For the purposes of this Act, if any sheep or goat found trespassing is infected with scab as in the last preceding section mentioned, then all sheep or goats in the same flock, and found trespassing at the same time, shall be deemed to be similarly infected, and if any sheep or goat in any flock with which any other flock has become mixed is so infected, then the entire mixed flock shall be deemed to be similarly infected. If damages are claimed for the trespass of any sheep or goats alleged to be infected with scab, the pound assessor or referee and the arbitrators shall, before awarding any damages, be satisfied that the trespassing sheep or goats are infected with scab and shall ascertain whether or not the trespassing sheep or goats were found mixed with sheep or goats not trespassing and free from such disease. The owner of any sheep or goats alleged to be infected with scab and with respect to the trepass of which trespass money is claimed under this Act may, upon depositing with the poundmaster the sum of two kwacha and twenty-five ngwee, demand that the question whether the said sheep or goats are so infected be submitted for decision to the award of a pound assessor and two arbitrators; and thereupon the provisions of section thirty-eight shall apply to every such case. The owner of any stallion, bull, sheep-ram or goatram, which shall be found trespassing upon the property of another person, and found to be in company with any mare, cow, heifer or ewe, respectively, belonging to the owner of such property or being thereon with the consent of the owner of such property, shall be liable to pay to him in addition to all other pound fees or charges, a penalty calculated upon the following scale:(a)for every stallion so found, a sum not exceeding three hundred penalty units;(b)for every bull so found, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty penalty units(c)for every sheep-ram or goat-ram so found, a sum not exceeding thirty penalty units.[As amended by No. 36 of 1933 and Act No. 13 of 1994] The provisions of the last preceding section shall not apply to any stallion under the age of two years, to any bull under the age of one year, and to any sheep-ram or goat-ram under the age of nine months, and the trespass money payable in respect of any stallion, bull, sheep-ram or goat-ram, found trespassing, but not under the circumstances detailed in the last preceding section, shall be the same amount that would have been payable in respect of a similar trespass by a gelding, ox or wether, as the case may be. Any person who is entitled to claim damages under section forty-five may require that the amount of damages shall be determined by a pound assessor or referee and two landowners; and in that case the provisions of section thirty-eight, thirty-nine and forty shall apply to such determination and inquiry. No stallion above the age of two years which shall hereafter be lawfully impounded shall be released by the owner thereof, or sold out of the pound, without being previously castrated, unless such stallion shall be released under the provisions of section fifty-one. No stallion shall (except as hereinafter is provided) be castrated under the provisions of this Act until it shall have remained impounded for at least three weeks; and any stallion not sooner released by or on behalf of the owner thereof, shall, subject to such regulations as may be in force at the date of such sale, be sold at the first pound sale occurring after the expiration of thirty days from the date of such stallion having been impounded:Provided that if the owner of such stallion shall give his consent, or shall decline to release it under section fifty-one, such stallion may be castrated forthwith, and shall be castrated without unnecessary delay, should the owner thereof desire to release the same under the provisions of this Act. The owner of any stallion which may hereafter be impounded shall be entitled to release such stallion without its being castrated, upon payment of pound fees and other charges, and upon giving security to the satisfaction of the District Secretary or pound assessor for the payment of any fine or penalty and costs of suit recoverable under section forty-five:Provided that—(i)every such owner shall be entitled to tender to any person claiming any penalty under section forty-five, such sum as he shall consider adequate to cover such fine or penalty as aforesaid;(ii)in the event of such tender being refused, the person claiming any such fine or penalty shall be condemned in the costs of such legal proceedings as he may afterwards institute for the recovery thereof, unless the court in which the same shall be pending shall award such fine or penalty as shall exceed the amount so tendered. Any animal not belonging to, or in the possession of a traveller which is found trespassing upon any dam or tank belonging to the Government, and intended for the use of travellers and their cattle only, may be impounded by any of the persons mentioned in section fifty-two, or by any person duly authorised to take charge of such dam or tank; and the person so impounding shall be entitled to the mileage as in the last preceding section provided. If animals belonging to the same person shall, on more than one occasion during any period of three months, be impounded under the provisions of section fifty-four, then such person shall, in addition to all other fees and charges, be liable to the penalty prescribed by section seventy-eight. Every poundmaster shall be entitled to demand or retain, as the case may be, in respect of every animal impounded with him under this Act, the fees enumerated in the Fourth Schedule, and no animal shall be considered to be impounded until it shall have been actually placed within the pound kraal. Every poundmaster shall be entitled, in addition to the fees in the last preceding section mentioned, to demand or retain, as the case may be, a further fee for every day during which any such animal shall be herded, grazed and fed by him; such fee to be in accordance with the Fifth Schedule. Every stallion above the age of two years, every bull above the age of two years, every sheep-ram, goat-ram or boar above the age of nine months, and every animal which, from contagious disease, dangerous vice, or other reason, shall be unfit to run with the remaining herd, shall be kept and fed separately; and the fees to be received or retained, as the case may be, by the poundmaster for the keeping and feeding of such animal shall be those enumerated in the Sixth Schedule. The fees mentioned in the last three preceding sections shall be paid to the poundmaster for his own use by the owner of the animals impounded; and the said fees, together with the mileage paid by the poundmaster, in terms of this Act, shall be a charge upon such animals; and such animals may be detained by the poundmaster in security of the said fees and mileage:Provided that—(i)if the value of the animals impounded is in excess of the total charges due thereon and ascertained under this Act, then the poundmaster shall only detain so many of the said animals as may be reasonably sufficient to secure the total charges due upon all the animals, and shall deliver the remainder of the animals to the owner;(ii)any poundmaster who shall retain, after demand, any greater number of such animals than is reasonably necessary to secure such charges as aforesaid, shall be liable to the owner thereof for any damages sustained by him on account of such retention. In addition to the fees hereinbefore provided, every poundmaster shall receive for every horse or head of cattle impounded in his pound, and bearing no registered brand, an additional fee of five ngwee, which shall be a pound charge on such animal. The District Secretary may from time to time alter the tariff of fees and rates fixed in any of the Schedules in respect of all pounds situated in his District. Every such alteration or amendment of any of the Schedules, when published as hereinafter provided, shall be of the same legal force as if it had formed part of the original Schedule, and shall be taken to be included in any reference made in this Act to such Schedule. No such altered tariff shall take effect until it has been published in the Gazette and in some newspaper circulating in the District. As soon as the District Secretary shall have framed and published an altered or amended Schedule as hereinbefore provided, each poundmaster in the District shall be furnished by the District Secretary with a copy thereof. Whenever any impounded animals shall not be released within ten days from the date of their impoundment, the poundmaster shall forward to the District Secretary an advertisement setting forth the species, marks, brands and distinguishing peculiarities (if any) of such animals, and, in regard to horses and cattle, their colour also. Such advertisement shall notify that the animals therein mentioned will be sold at the next sale of impounded cattle, and shall set forth the time and place of such sale. Every advertisement or notice of the sale of impounded animals shall be published at least twice in succession in such paper or papers as the District Secretary may direct, and the expense of such publication shall be borne by the Government. Every poundmaster, upon sending such advertisement to the District Secretary as aforesaid, shall post a copy of it in some conspicuous place at or near his pound, there to remain until the day of sale, and the District Secretary shall also send a copy by post to every other poundmaster in the District, and every poundmaster receiving such copy of an advertisement as aforesaid shall post the same in a conspicuous place at or near his pound, there to remain until the date of sale therein mentioned. The sale of animals impounded in the several pounds of each District shall take place, as nearly as may be, at intervals of one month; and shall be held at such places as the District Secretary may appoint:Provided that—(i)the dates of the said sales shall, as far as possible, be so arranged as to cause each successive sale to be held in a different month, and to allow a notice of at least fifteen days to be given of the sale of any animals;(ii)all District Secretaries shall transmit to the Minister for insertion in the Gazette once in the month of January, and again in the month of July, in each year, a notice setting forth the dates and places at which the several pound sales in the District are appointed to take place.[As amended by G.N. No. 319 of 1964] At every sale of impounded stock the poundmaster shall act as auctioneer. No auctioneer's licence shall be necessary in order to enable a poundmaster so to act. No poundmaster shall be directly or indirectly interested in any purchase at any sale so held by himself. No animal shall be put up at any such sale unless it has been impounded for at least three weeks, except with the consent of the owner. Any person who illegally impounds any animal shall be liable to make good to the owner all damages, costs and charges arising out of such proceedings, together with twenty ngwee for every horse or head of cattle, and one ngwee in respect of every other animal so illegally impounded:Provided that nothing herein contained shall be deemed or held to prevent or bar any action for damages competent to such owner or any criminal prosecution. In case any property trespassed upon is situated in a different District from that in which the pound proper for the receipt of trespassing animals is situated, and in case the rates of mileage and trespass money in the two Districts shall be different, then mileage and trespass money shall be payable according to the rate for the District in which the property trespassed upon is situated; but all rates payable upon the delivery of such animals to the poundmaster, and for herding, grazing and feeding the same, shall be payable according to the rate for the District in which the pound is situated. Every person who shall wrongfully molest, drive or scatter the animals of another person when upon the property of such last mentioned person, or take away such animals from off the land of their owner, shall be liable, upon conviction, to the penalty prescribed by section seventy-eight. Nothing in this Act contained shall be construed so as to prevent any person complaining of trespass from seeking redress according to law in any competent court:Provided that—(i)no person who shall once have claimed trespass money under sections thirty-four and thirty-five shall be competent afterwards to require an assessment of damages by a pound assessor, or a referee and arbitrators under section thirty-eight, nor shall any person who shall once have claimed either such trespass money or such assessment be competent afterwards to seek redress by legal process;(ii)whenever any complainant shall decide to proceed at law for the recovery of damages for any alleged trespass, the owner of the animals impounded for such alleged trespass shall be entitled to release the same upon payment of pound fees, and upon giving security to the satisfaction of any magistrate for the payment of any damages and costs which the complainant may recover. Persons convicted of contravention of the provisions of this Act or any regulation made hereunder for which no other penalty is provided shall be liable to the penalties following, that is to say:(a)for every contravention by a poundmaster—(i)of the sections numbered respectively six (2), eleven, nineteen, twenty-three and seventy-three, a sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty penalty units;(ii)of the section numbered sixteen, a sum not exceeding three hundred penalty units;(iii)of the section numbered twenty-four, a sum not exceeding seven hundred and fifty penalty units;(b)for every contravention by any person, including a poundmaster, of the sections numbered respectively twenty-nine, thirty-one, thirty-two, fifty-five and seventy-six, and any other provisions of this Act or any regulation made hereunder in regard to which no penalty is expressly provided, a sum not exceeding three hundred penalty units(c)in default of payment of the penalty imposed, to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding three months.[As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994] The provisions of this Act shall have effect in such portions only of Zambia as the Minister may, by statutory notice, direct and shall cease to have effect in any such portion as the Minister may, by like notice, withdraw from its operation.[As amended by G.N. No. 319 of 1964] Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of any owner of land, which is not situate within or deemed to form part of a declared area, to seize and impound upon such land animals found straying or damage feasant. Any poundmaster who shall knowingly obtain from an owner of animals detained in his pound money or property in excess of that authorised by this Act, and any person, not being a poundmaster, who shall obtain from an owner of animals found trespassing money or property in respect of such trespass, otherwise than in accordance with this Act, shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding six hundred penalty units or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months, and shall further be ordered to make restoration in respect of any money or property so obtained, which order shall be made in the form of a civil judgment against him for the amount to be restored.[As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994] With regard to any portion of Zambia which is not situate within or deemed to form part of a declared area, the Minister may, from time to time by statutory instrument, make regulations as to all or any of the following matters:(a)the notices which must be given when any animals have been seized and impounded;(b)scales of damage for trespass, pound fees and sustenance fees, or any of them;(c)generally as to animals seized, for their care, custody and sale or disposal if not released within a time to be prescribed;(d)the powers and duties of District Secretaries as to any stray animal or animals which have been seized and impounded for trespass, and the administration by such District Secretaries of such regulations.[As amended by G.N. No. 319 of 1964 and S.I. No. 29 of 1964]Part I – Preliminary
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
Part II – Establishment and control of pounds
3. Establishment of pounds
4. Management and control of pounds
5. Appointment of pound-masters
6. Duties of poundmasters
7. Receipts to be given for animals impounded
8. Separate enclosures of pound
9. Segregation of infected sheep and goats
10. Care of animals impounded
11. Use of animals impounded an offence
12. Death of animals impounded
13. Destruction of impounded animals when diseased, etc.
14. Disease occuring in a pound
15. Records of disease
16. Impounding of animals when more than one pound situate in same District
17. Notice to owners of impounded animals
18. Duties of poundmaster when impounded animals are branded
19. Brand Directory and scale of fees, etc., to be exhibited
20. Pound book and details to be entered therein
21. Pound book to be open for inspection
22. Copies of entries to be forwarded to District Secretary
23. Offences by poundmaster
24. Penalties for making false entries, etc.
25. Pound book to be available for inspection at sales
Part III – Trespass
26. Trespass on private property
27. Destruction of dogs, pigs, poultry or pigeons found committing damage
28. Tender by owner of amount of damage
29. Wrongful use or conversion of animals trespassing, etc.
30. Food and water to be supplied to animals confined
31. Duties of landowners in connection with stray animals
32. Rescue of animals
33. Payment of mileage in respect of animals impounded
34. Payment of trespass money in respect of cultivated land
35. Payment of trespass money in respect of uncultivated land
36. Double damages for repeated trespass
37. Release of animals impounded
38. Assessment of damages if otherwise inadequate
39. Award by assessors
40. Copy of award to complainant
41. Trespass by infected sheep or goats
42. Infection of one animal to be deemed infection of whole flock
43. Claim for damages in respect of infected sheep or goats
44. Reference of question as to infection to assessors
45. Trespass by stallions, etc.
46. Saving as to young stallions, etc.
47. Reference to assessors
48. Castration of impounded stallion
49. Payment of fee for castration
50. Postponement of castration
51. Release of stallion without castration
52. Trespass on outspans and State Land
53. Impounding of animals so trespassing
54. Trespass at dams or tanks
55. Increased penalties for continued trespass as in section 54
Part IV – Pound fees
56. Fees receivable by poundmaster
57. Sustenance fees
58. Fees for animals separately herded
59. Fees to be a charge on the animals
60. Fee for attending sale
61. Additional fee for unbranded horses and cattle
62. Alteration of fees
63. Validation of alteration of fees
64. Altered fees to be gazetted
65. Copies to be furnished to poundmasters
66. Sale of impounded stock
67. Notice of sale to be published in newspaper
68. Posting of notice
69. Arrangements for sales
70. Poundmaster to act as auctioneer
71. Animals to be impounded for at least three weeks before sale
72. Manner of conducting sale
73. Cash sale only and disposal of proceeds
74. Consequences of illegal impounding
75. Rates at which fees payable when more than one pound is concerned
Part V – General
76. Penalty for molesting or scattering animals
77. Saving as to other remedies for trespass
78. Penalties
79. Impounding of animals alleged to have been stolen, etc.
80. Application of Act
81. Saving of rights of owner not within a declared area
82. Other offences by pound-masters and others
83. Regulations in respect of other portions of Zambia not within a declared area