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Cattle Trespass Act
Commencement: 16 January 1941
LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
REVISED EDITION 1988
CHAPTER 15
CATTLE TRESPASS
JR 3 of 1941
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
- Straying of cattle
- Prosecutions
3. Interpretation
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CATTLE TRESPASS
To provide penalties for trespass by cattle.
STRAYING OF CATTLE
- Any person who is the owner or who is in charge of any cattle who shall cause or permit any such cattle to stray or trespass on any
public highway or on any land the property of any other person shall be guilty of an offence, and shall on conviction be liable to
a fine not exceeding VT30,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 1 month or to both such fine and imprisonment.
PROSECUTIONS
- Prosecutions for infractions of the provisions of this Act shall be brought by the Public Prosecutor acting on the complaint of the
owner, lessee or person in charge of the property on which the cattle have strayed or trespassed.
INTERPRETATION
- For the purposes of this Act, "cattle" shall mean any animal of equine, bovine, asinine, porcine, ovine, caprine or cervine breed
and any cross thereof.
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