Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

POUNDS ACT 1928 (REPEALED) - SECT 35

Any person who—

        (a)     rescues or attempts to rescue or interfere with or aids, abets, incites, counsels or procures any person to rescue or interfere with any cattle impounded or seized for the purpose of being impounded; or

        (b)     destroys or injures or attempts to destroy or injure any pound; or

        (c)     illegally impounds any cattle; or

        (d)     removes cattle from any place to any other place for the purpose of impounding those cattle from the lastmentioned place; or

        (e)     being in charge of or assisting in driving cattle refuses, on demand by any police officer or by or on behalf of any person on whose land the cattle are trespassing, to disclose or states untruly the name and address of the owner of the cattle or of his or her agent or overseer; or

        (f)     drives cattle on or from the land of any other person without proper authority and without previous notice to that person or to his or her agent or overseer; or

        (g)     wilfully leaves open any gate or slip panel or makes a gap in any fence for the purpose of permitting or causing any cattle to trespass, or otherwise wilfully causes any cattle to trespass; or

        (h)     without proper authority, wilfully lets in any cattle or knowingly suffers any cattle to enter on the land of any other person, being land that—

              (i)     contains a garden or bears a growing crop; and

              (ii)     is enclosed with a sufficient fence; or

              (i)     fails to comply with or contravenes any provision of this Act;

commits an offence.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.