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Cattle Trespass Act, 1871 to apply - (1) Cattle trespassing in a 1[proposed reserve forest and reserve forest] or in a protected forest shall be deemed to be cattle doing damage to a public plantation within the meaning of section 11 of the Cattle Trespass Act 1871, and may be seized and impounded as such by any forest officer or police officer. 2[(2) (i) the Government may by notification, fix the fine to be levied for each goat or kid and other cattle impounded under subsection (1). (ii) The payment of fine fixed by section 12 of the Act referred to in sub-section (1) shall not be in lieu of but shall be in addition to any amount of compensation leviable under section 20, or section 27 or section 59]. CHAPTER IX POWERS OF FOREST OFFICERS