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Power to establish cdttle-pohds and appoint pound-keepers . -- (1) Notwithstanding anything con- tained in any law for the time being in force, every Council within the limits of its jurisdiction shall, from time totime, appoint such places as it thinks fit to be public pounda, and may appoint suitable persons to be keepers of such pounds. ( 2 ) Every pound-keeper so appointed shall. in the performance of his; dutiea, be subject to the direction and control of the Council. 0:) : .. , 269. Duties of pound-keepers.-- ( 1 ) Every pound- keeper ahall maintain such registers and prepare such returns as the Government may from time to time by rules prescribe. ."'"" """% " 8 . , ':" ;'.' "'." "' -- .+ ..<? c { , ,yi.cr:,- i i . 1 1 . 1 "w ( 2 ) When cattle are broug'hv 20%~ $ind, the pound- keeper shall enter in hia register -- .I I , ( a ) the number and description of the animals; (b) the day and hour on and at which they were so brought; (c) the name and residence of the seizer; and (d) '.the name and residence of the owner, if . : . - ' . . . ' , , l . V ... 5 : ; -, .. 5-7 ::I : r.,,,;. s known; -. ,~ , ,:, 3 , c;:: ; : ; ...43< i ; > ; ',.: .. . ,. .. '... .*. .: 2, .. . 4 "-; and shall give the 'seiiei"& his agent a copy of the L 2 . J . > ~ entry. . . . . ? ( 3 ) The pourid-keeper shall take charge of, feed and water, the cattle until they are disposed of as hereinafter provided. ' 278'. Impoundig cattle.-- (1) It shall bY the duty >of every police officer and itshall be lawful, for any municipal officer or servant authorised by the ' Chief Officel; in this behalf to.seize and take to any public pound' for confinement therein, any cattle found straying in any street 'or trespassing upon any private or public property within the municipal area, ( 2 ) It shall be lawful for any person who is the owner or who is in charge of any private or public property to seize and take to any such public pound for confinement therein, any cattle trespassing upon such property or causing damage thereto. ( 3 ) Whoever forcibly opposes the seizure of cattle liable to be aeized under this section, and whoever rescues the same after seizure, eiWler from a pound or from any person taking or about to take them to a pound, shall, on conviction, be punished with impri- sonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.