Central · Act 1 of 1871

Section 25 — Recovery of penalty for mischief committed by causing cattle to trespass.

The Cattle-Trespass Act, 1871

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125. Recovery of penalty for mischief committed by causing cattle to trespass.---2[Any penalty imposed under the next following section or for mischief] by causing cattle to trespass on any land may be recovered by sale of all or any of the cattle by which the trespass was committed, whether they were seized in the act of trespassing or not, and whether they are the property of 3[the person found liable], or were only in his charge when the trespass was committed


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1. As to the application of s. 25 in the case of cattle-trespassing on a railway, see the Indian Railways Act, 1890 (9 of 1890), s. 125 (3) of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897).

2. Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for certain words (w.e.f. 1-6-2026).

3. Subs. by s. 2 and Sch., ibid., for “the person convicted of the offence” (w.e.f. 1-6-2026).


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