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Trespass of Animals Ordinance, 1939
Ordinance 16 of 1939
- Published in Official Gazette no. 796 on 13 June 1939
- Assented to on 7 June 1939
- Commenced on 13 June 1939
- [This is the version of this document from 26 April 1944 and includes any amendments published up to 6 October 2022.]
- [Amended by Trespass of Animals Amendment Proclamation, 1943 (Proclamation 21 of 1943) on 3 August 1943]
- [Amended by Trespass of Animals Amendment Ordinance, 1944 (Ordinance 9 of 1944) on 26 April 1944]
PRELIMINARY
1.
The laws specified in the Schedule annexed hereto are hereby repealed, provided that any regulations published under the said laws shall remain in force until repealed, except in so far as such regulations may be in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance.2.
In this Ordinance, unless inconsistent with the context -“animals” means and includes cattle, horses, mules, asses, sheep, goats, ostriches and pigs;“cattle” means and includes bulls, cows, oxen, heifers, tollies and calves;“flock’’ means any number of sheep or goats which are in one lot, or under the charge of one person;“horses” means and includes male horses, mares, geldings, colts and fillies;“owner” means the owner of an animal and includes the manager, agent or caretaker for the owner of the animal;“police officer” includes a non-commissioned officer in charge of a police post;“proprietor” means and includes the owner, lessee or occupier of land, and except in Chapter II includes further any Municipal Council or Village Management Board in regard to streets or other public places over which such Council or Board exercises jurisdiction;[The Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992 repealed the Village Management Boards Ordinance 14 of 1963.]“rural areas” shall mean any areas outside urban areas, and any other areas declared to be rural areas for the purpose of this Ordinance by the Administrator by notice in the Gazette;“stallions” means and includes male horses or asses not castrated;“sufficient fence” shall mean when applied to wire fences, a fence having not less than four strands of well-galvanised wire, with straining posts not more than five hundred yards apart, and iron standards (these shall weigh not less than twelve pounds avoirdupois each) or hardwood poles (these shall be at least four inches in diameter at the thin end and be planted not less than two feet deep in the ground) at not more than ten, fifteen or twenty yards apart, with not less than two, three or four droppers (if hardwood droppers are used, these shall be at least one and a half inches in diameter at the thin end) between them respectively; in other cases it shall mean any fence, wall or hedge at least four feet six inches high through which no animal could pass without breaking the same.[The full stop at the end of this definition should be a semicolon,]“This Ordinance” includes any regulation made thereunder;“urban areas” shall mean Municipalities, Village Management Board Areas, and any area of land included in a township as established in terms of the Townships Ordinance, 1928 (Ordinance No. 11 of 1928), as amended from time to time.[The Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992 repealed the Village Management Boards Ordinance 14 of 1963. The Townships Ordinance 11 of 1928 was repealed by the Townships and Division of Land Ordinance 11 of 1963.]Chapter I
Impoundment of Trespassing Animals
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The provisions of this chapter must be read as subject to the special provisions of Chapter II relating to rural areas.4.
The Administrator shall whenever and wherever it shalt appear to him necessary authorise the establishment of a pound and the appointment of a poundmaster for such a period and on such conditions as are herein or may by regulation be prescribed. The establishment of any pound and the appointment of the poundmaster shall be notified in the Gazette. The Administrator may disestablish any pound by notice in the Gazette.5.
Every poundmaster shall furnish to the magistrate of the district in which the pound concerned is situated, security for the due and faithful performance of his duties as such poundmaster to such amount and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by the Administrator.6.
Any proprietor upon whose lands any animals are found trespassing may send such animals to that pound which is nearest, by a practicable road or thoroughfare, to the land trespassed upon, and to no other pound; provided that no animal belonging to a traveller and grazing on any outspan recognised by law, may be so impounded, except as provided in section forty-nine.7.
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 proceeding.8.
No proprietor shall sell or dispose of any animal found trespassing on his property. Any person contravening the provisions of this section shall be guilty of the crime of theft, and liable on conviction to all the penalties provided by law in respect of the said crime; provided that the enforcement of any penalty or sentence imposed shall not deprive the owner of any legal right he may have to recover from such proprietor the value of such animal and any damage sustained by reason of its detention or sale.9.
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Any person who shall rescue or attempt to rescue or incite or assist any other person to rescue any animals lawfully impounded or lawfully seized for the purpose of being impounded shall be guilty of an offence.11.
The owner of any animal lawfully impounded for trespass upon -12.
The owner of any animal lawfully impounded for trespass upon any uncultivated land or any place not of the description in the last section given, shall be liable to pay trespass money to the proprietor of the property trespassed upon at the rate prescribed by regulation; provided that in case any property shall be trespassed upon twice within the space of one fortnight by the same cattle or horses belonging to the same owner, then the said owner shall be liable in respect of the second trespass to pay at double the ordinary rate.13.
Every person who delivers any animal to a poundmaster to be impounded shall be entitled to receive from such poundmaster a fee to be called mileage for every mile or portion of a mile travelled, at the tariff provided in the regulations; provided that -14.
The owner of any animals liable to impoundment for trespass, may, before the animals have been removed from the property trespassed upon, tender to the person complaining of the trespass a sum of money to cover the damages suffered by him, or the trespass money lawfully claimable under this Ordinance in connection with such trespass, such tender to be made to the complainant himself or to his agent or caretaker. If such animals as aforesaid are in course of being conveyed to the pound then their owner may tender as aforesaid a sum of money to cover the damage or trespass money aforesaid and also the mileage to which the complainant would be entitled under the provisions of this Ordinance if the animals had actually been impounded. If the said tender be refused, the complainant shall pay the cost of all legal proceedings which he may thereafter institute and shall be liable for all damages sustained by the owner of the animals by reason of their detention after the date of tender, unless the tender is found to be insufficient by a competent court; or unless in the opinion of such court the tender was refused in the bona fide belief that the person making the tender was not the owner or the duly authorised agent of the owner.15.
The owner of any goats or sheep infected with scab and found trespassing, shall, ifthe sheep and goats are not found mixed with other sheep or goats free from disease, be liable to pay to the proprietor twice the amount of trespass money which would have been payable under these regulations in respect of a similar trespass by sheep or goats not so infected. In the event of the trespassing sheep and goats being found so mixed as aforesaid their owner shall be liable to pay to the proprietor four times the amount of trespass money which would have been payable inrespect of a similar trespass by sheep and goats not so infected.16.
For the purposes of this Ordinance, if any sheep or goat found trespassing be infected with scab 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 infected, then the entire mixed flock shall be deemed to be similarly infected. The nearest post commander of police shall have authority to determine any dispute on facts arising out of the provisions of this section, for the purpose of the calculation of trespass money payable in terms of section fifteen.17.
Any person who shall wilfully drive any sheep or goats infected with scab into or upon the property of another person, upon which property there are at the time any sheep or goats not infected with the said disease, shall over and above any damage or trespass money payable under this Ordinance or otherwise, be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds and in default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding twelve months.[A fine not exceeding one hundred pounds is equivalent to a fine not exceeding N$200.]18.
Subject to the provisions of the Diseases of Stock Proclamation, 1920 (Proclamation No. 28 of 1920), as amended from time to time, it shall be the duty of every poundmaster to receive into his charge all animals tendered at his pound between sunrise and sunset by any proprietor or by the manager, agent or caretaker for any proprietor or by any person authorised in writing thereto by such proprietor, manager, agent or caretaker in order to be impounded, as having been found trespassing upon the land of such proprietor, provided that any animals tendered by a member of the police force or such other persons as are herein or may by regulation be prescribed shall likewise be received for impoundment as having trespassed upon any town lands, streets or public places or having been left unattended in contravention of any local regulations or bye-laws issued by or affecting the municipality, village management board or other local authority in any town or village.[The Diseases of Stock Proclamation 28 of 1920 was repealed by the Animals Diseases and Parasites Ordinance 34 of 1959, which was in turn repealed by the Animal Diseases and Parasites Amendment Act 9 of 1973 (RSA). The Animal Diseases and Parasites Act 13 of 1956(SA) which was amended by Act 9 of 1973 wasreplaced in Namibia by the Animal Health Act 1 of 2011.The Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992 repealed the Village Management Boards Ordinance 14 of 1963 which provided the legal authority for village management boards.]
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Any poundmaster who refuses or neglects to receive animal tendered in terms of the preceding section shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable on each occasion to a fine not exceeding five pounds and in default of payment, to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding one month, and he shall in addition be liable for any damage caused to the owner of the said animals or to any other person by reason of such refusal or neglect.[A fine not exceeding five pounds is equivalent to a fine not exceeding N$10.]20.
Every poundmaster 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 have been sent to be impounded.21.
All animals seized or detained for any trespass committed beyond the limits of a municipality shall be sent to any pound within the said limits, if that pound be the one nearest to the place of trespass and the poundmaster shall be bound to receive the animals so sent: Provided that, if the said pound is a municipal pound established in terms of section one hundred and seventy-one of the Municipal Ordinance, 1935 (No. 24 of 1935), as amended, such impoundment shall be dealt with as if the trespass had been committed within the limits of such municipality.[Section 21 is amended by Ord. 9 of 1944 to add the proviso. The Municipal Ordinance 24 of 1935 was replaced by the Municipal Ordinance 3 of 1949, which was replaced in turn by the Municipal Ordinance 13 of 1963, which was repealed by the Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992.]22.
Every poundmaster shall maintain in good repair, and as far as possible, free from all infection, not less than three separate enclosures for the kraaling at night of ostriches and horses, of cattle, and of sheep, goats and pigs; but any magistrate may in regard to any pound in his district give permission to thepoundmaster to maintain in manner aforesaid a lesser number of such enclosures.23.
Every stallion above the age of two years, every bull above the age of one year, every sheep ram or goat ram or boar above the age of nine months, and every animal which from contagious disease, dangerous vice or other reason shalt be unfit to mix with other impounded animals, shall be kept and fed separately, and the fees to be received or retained, as the case may be, by a poundmaster for the keeping and feeding of such animals shall be those provided by regulation.24.
It shall be lawful for any poundmaster to destroy any impounded animal likely to prove dangerous to human life or destructive to other animals impounded; provided that -25.
Every poundmaster shall, with regard to all animals which are found or are suspected to be suffering from an infectious or cantagious disease after being received at his pound, act in terms of the Diseases of Stock Proclamation aforesaid, and any regulations made thereunder.[The word “contagious” is misspelt in the Official Gazette, as reproduced above.]26.
Whenever any impounded stock requires to be dipped, dressed, inoculated, treated or sprayed in accordance with the instructions of a Government veterinary or other duly authorised officer, the poundmaster shall, on receipt of such instructions, carry out the work and shall in regard to such instructions be in the same position and incur the same responsibilities including criminal liability and possess the same rights as if he were the owner of such stock and such instructions had been given to such owner.27.
No poundmaster shall ride, work or use any animal impounded in his pound. Any poundmaster who contravenes the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or in default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding three months.[A fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds is equivalent to a fine not exceeding N$50.]28.
Every poundmaster shall be entitled to demand or retain as the case may be, in respect of every animal impounded with him in terms of this Ordinance -29.
The said fees shall be prescribed by regulation.The owner of the animals impounded shall pay to the poundmaster for his own use the fees mentioned in the preceding section and the mileage or trespass moneys paid by the poundmaster together with an amount equal to five per cent. of such mileage or trespass moneys. The said animals may be detained by the poundmaster as security for the said amounts; provided that -30.
No poundmaster shall release any impounded animal until there shall have been paid to him, over and above all other fees and charges, the amount of all damages or trespass money due and payable under the provisions of this Ordinance; and in case of the release of any such animals without payment of such damages or trespass money as aforesaid, the poundmaster shall be liable for the payment thereof.31.
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Whenever any impounded animals shall not be released within ten days from the date of their impoundment the poundmaster shall publish in a paper or papers circulating in the district inwhich the pound is situated, and by notice posted at the offices of the magistrate of the district, and of the police, an advertisement setting forth the species, brands, marks and distinguishing peculiarities of such animals, if any, of the presence and nature of which the poundmaster shall carefully satisfy himself, and in regard to horses and cattle their colour also, and such advertisement shall notify that the animals therein mentioned will be sold at the next sale of impounded cattle and shall set forth the date, not being less than thirty days from the date of first publication, and the time and place of such sale. The expenses of such publication shall be borne by the poundmaster and be recovered by him from the owner of the animals advertised if released before the sale, or otherwise out of the proceeds of the sale thereof.Provided that in regard to the impoundment of asses,33.
The sales of animals lawfully impounded and so advertised shall be conducted on such terms and conditions as are herein or may by regulation be prescribed.34.
Every sale of impounded stock shall be held at the pound at the hour of eleven in the morning on any Wednesday. At every such sale the poundmaster shall act as auctioneer, but no poundmaster, or any member of his household or family resident with him, or any person in his permanent employ, shall be directly or indirectly interested in any purchase at any sale so held by such poundmaster;Provided that if any Wednesday falls on a public holiday the sale may be held on the next succeeding Wednesday not being a public holiday;Provided further that sales of impounded asses may be held on any weekday.35.
No animal shall be put up at any sale unless it has been impounded for at least forty-two days, except with the consent of the owner; provided that, in respect of asses impounded, the period of forty-two days herein prescribed shall be fourteen days.36.
At every sale all animals except sheep and goats shall be sold singly. Sheep and goats shall be sold in lots of not more than ten, and in no case shall sheep and goats or sheep or goats with different marks or brands be sold together in the same lot.37.
The poundmaster shall be entitled to receive and retain ten per cent. out of the proceeds of every pound sale as a fee for his attendance at such sale.38.
At every such sale, the animals shall be sold for cash and the proceeds less the amount of pound fees and other fees and charges herein provided for and properly chargeable in respect of such animals, and less the amount of damages due or assessed under the provisions hereof shall be forthwith upon receipt handed to the magistrate of the district to be by him paid to the owners of the animals sold, according to their respective rights provided that:39.
Every poundmaster shall keep a poundbook, in which he shall legibly enter the following particulars:40.
Every poundbook shall be kept at the residence or the office of the poundmaster, and shall at all reasonable times be open for inspection to any Government official having authority from the magistrate of the district so to do and to any member of the police, free of charge; it shall be similarly open to every person upon payment of a fee of sixpence for each inspection; and every poundmaster shall grant extracts from his poundbook, signed by himself, free of charge to every such Government official and member of the police, and on payment of one shilling for every such extract not exceeding one hundred words and sixpence for every subsequent hundred or part of one hundred words, to any other person demanding the same.[There are 20 shillings in a pound in British currency. There are also 240 pence in a pound. One pound is equivalent to N$2.]41.
Every poundmaster shall take his poundbook 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.42.
In the case of the death or injury of any impounded animal the poundmaster shall enter in his poundbook 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 respects 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.43.
Every poundmaster shall, monthly, on the first day of each and every month, forward to the magistrate of his district a copy of all entries made in his poundbook during the preceding month, and the magistrate shall preserve all such copies in his office for the inspection of any person desirous of seeing them upon payment of the fees prescribed in section forty hereof.44.
It shall be lawful for the magistrate to require any poundmaster within his district at any time to produce his poundbook for purposes of inspection or for comparison of the copies of entries forwarded to him with the original entries, or for any other purpose, within a stated period, and any poundmaster who refuses or neglects to comply with any such requirement shall be guilty of an offence.45.
Every poundmaster shall have and preserve at or near his pound a copy of this Ordinance and any regulations framed thereunder and the same shall be open for reference to the public at all reasonable times; and he shall erect and maintain at or near the pound a board upon which shall be painted, printed or written in legible characters the rate of fees and compensation for damage fixed by this Ordinance.46.
Every poundmaster who shall -47.
Every poundmaster who shall -48.
No poundmaster shall confine in his own pound any animals found trespassing upon property belonging to himself, except under the written authority of the nearest post commander of police. Failing such authority such animals shall be sent tosuch other pound as may be nearest tohis own pound by a practicable road or thoroughfare, and any poundmaster sending such animals to another pound shall enter in his poundbook the number and description of the animals sent; provided that nothing in this section contained shall apply to the impounding in a municipal or village pound of any animals trespassing upon any land situate within the jurisdiction of any municipality, village management board, or other local authority. Any poundmaster contravening the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence.[The last sentence in section 48 is incomplete in the English version of the Ordinance in the Official Gazette. The sentence in the Afrikaans version is “Enige skutmeester wat die bepalings van hierdie artikel oortree maak hom skuldig aan ‘n oortreding.” The incomplete sentence has been completed above (in green type), based on the Afrikaans version of the Ordinance.The Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992 repealed the Village Management Boards Ordinance 14 of 1963 which provided the legal authority for village management boards.]
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Every police constable as well as any person authorised in writing by the magistrate of the district may impound any animals found upon any outspan which is enclosed with a sufficient fence, other than animals in the possession of travellers who have outspanned for a period not greater than twenty-four hours or for any period during which they may be detained by stress of weather or other sufficient cause upon the said outspan.50.
For any stock found trespassing in cultivated land in any native location or native reserve, the owner of the said stock shall be liable to pay trespass money as provided by regulation.51.
Stock found straying on the common lands (not being cultivated lands) of any native location or native reserve as aforesaid, may be taken possession of by the person finding it, who shall take the said stock to the European officer in charge of such location or reserve and after due enquiry upon his written order, but not otherwise, such stock may be impounded and the person finding and bringing such stock shall be entitled to receive from the poundmaster mileage at the rate set out in the regulations, but no trespass fees shall be chargeable. All disbursements paid as mileage shall be recovered from the owner of the stock or be deducted from the proceeds of the sale thereof.52.
Whenever any poundmaster shall prove to the satisfaction of the magistrate of the district that the sums disbursed by him in respect of fees and charges in any period of six months ending on the 30th June or the 31st December, in carrying out the provisions of sections fourteen, twenty-five, twenty-six and thirty-two are in excess of the income derived by him during such period from the conduct of his pound, it shall be lawful for the Administrator thereupon to authorise the payment to such poundmaster of a sum representing the difference between such income and such sums so disbursed as aforesaid.53.
Subject to the provisions of the Diseases of Stock Proclamation aforesaid any magistrate may send to any pound in his district any animals which are the object of criminal investigation and may remove or authorise removal of the same at his discretion. It shall be the duty of the poundmaster to receive any animals so sent to his pound. Such animals shall not be subject to the general provisions herein contained but shall be dealt with as the magistrate may direct and against payment of the fees prescribed by regulation.54.
All fines and penalties imposed by any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be recoverable in the court of the magistrate of the district in which the offence shall have been committed, and may be proceeded for by any person in regard to whose property the act or omission entailing any such fine or penalty shall have taken place.55.
It shall be lawful for any court to order that the costs of prosecution or defence be paid either by the person proceeding for the recovery of a fine or penalty under this proclamation or the regulations framed thereunder or by the person accused thereof, or it shall be lawful to make no order as to costs. The costs referred to in this section shall be such as would be taxed and allowed if the proceedings were in the nature of a civil action in a magistrate’s court in the Territory.56.
Nothing contained in this Ordinance shall be construed as depriving any person of any right which he may possess to seek redress by way of civil action in any competent court, or under such system of arbitration as may be contained in any regulations published in terms of section seventy-five, if he should be dissatisfied with the ordinary measure of compensation granted in terms of this Ordinance; provided that57.
The provisions of this Ordinance shall not affect the provisions of section one hundred and seventy-one of the Municipal Ordinance, 1935 (No. 24 of 1935), as amended.[Section 57 is substituted by Ord. 9 of 1944. The Municipal Ordinance 24 of 1935 was replaced by the Municipal Ordinance 3 of 1949, which was replaced in turn by the Municipal Ordinance 13 of 1963, which was repealed by the Local Authorities Act 23 of 1992.]Chapter II
Provisions relating to Rural Areas
58.
The proprietor of land situated in a rural area must forthwith after he has become aware of the presence upon his land of any trespassing animal, elect -59.
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Whenever in any such notice or report received by the commander of a police post it is stated that any animal found trespassing bears no brand or that the brand which, by reason of the place on the animal’s body on which it is impressed, the proprietor of the land judges to be the brand last impressed upon such animal, is not legible to such proprietor, the post commander shall cause the animal tobe inspected by a policeman as soon as conveniently may be. The policeman making the inspection shall report to the post commander whether the animal bears any brands, and if so, what those brands are and on which places of the animal’s body they are impressed.62.
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If the trespass occurred on land enclosed with a sufficient fence. | If the trespass occurred on land not enclosed with a sufficient fence. | |
Bulls or stallions (other than mules) over eighteen months of age: | 6d per day, per head. | 3d per day, per head. |
Other cattle, horses, mules, or asses or ostriches or pigs: | 3d per day, per head. | 1½d per day, per head. |
Sheep rams or goat rams over nine months of age: | 3d per day, per head. | l½d per day, per head. |
Other sheep or goats: | 1d per day, per head. | ½d per day, per head. |
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If, after the lapse of three months, or in the case of asses after the lapse of four weeks, from the date on which the notice by the post commander referred toin subsection (1) of section sixty-two was served or left or posted in accordance with the provisions of that section, or where a notice concerning the animal has been published in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section sixty-two,after the lapse of three months from the date of the last publication of that notice, the animal has not been released by the owner thereof under the provisions of section sixty-three, read with sections sixty-four and sixty-seven, the proprietor of the land on which the animal is trespassing may report that fact to the post commander. As soon as is convenient after the receipt of such report, the post commander shall cause such animal (if a bovine, equine or ostrich, and if it has reached the age of nine months) to be branded with a brand prescribed for the purpose by the Administrator. Thereupon such animal shall become the property of the proprietor of the land.66.
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If any bull or stallion over eighteen months of age, or any sheep ram or goat ram over nine months of age which is found trespassing upon any land has not been released by his owner under the provisions of section sixty-three read with sections sixty-four and sixty-six within the period of thirty days reckoned from the date on which the notice by the post commander referred to in sub-section (1) of section sixty-two was served or left or posted in accordance with the provisions of that sub-section, or, where a notice concerning the animal has been published in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section sixty-two within the period of thirty days reckoned from the date of the last publication of that notice, the proprietor of the land on which the animal was found trespassing may have the animal inspected by a Government veterinary officer and if in the opinion of the said officer the animal is not suitable for breeding purposes, he shall castrate the same or order same to be castrated.69.
Any person who knowingly and wilfully makes any false statement, in any notice or report given or made under section sixty or section sixty-six, or who knowingly and wilfully fails to disclose in any such notice or report any material fact which he could reasonably expect might lead to the discovery of the owner of any animals to which that notice or report relates, shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding twelve months.[A fine not exceeding one hundred pounds is equivalent to a fine not exceeding N$200.]Chapter III
General and Miscellaneous
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The provisions of this Chapter shall be of general application throughout the Territory.71.
All pigs, poultry or pigeons found trespassing in or upon -72.
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Any person who contravenes or omits to comply with any provision of this Ordinance or of any regulation made thereunder in respect of which no special penalty has been provided, shall be guilty of an offence and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds, or, in default of payment, to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a period not exceeding three months.[A fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds is equivalent to a fine not exceeding N$50.]75.
The Administrator may make regulations, not in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, as to the following matters, and may provide penalties for the contravention of such regulations:-76.
Nothing in this Ordinance contained shall be deemed to modify in any respect the provisions of the Diseases of Stock Proclamation, 1920.77.
This Ordinance shall be called the Trespass of Animals Ordinance, 1939.History of this document
26 April 1944 this version
03 August 1943
13 June 1939
Published in
Official Gazette number 796
Commences.
07 June 1939
Assented to.