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Sale of cattle not claimed.— (1) if within ten days after any cattle has been impounded, no person appearing to be the owner of such cattle claims the cattle under section 270, such cattle shall be forthwith sold by auction. (2) If within the period specified in sub-section (1), the owner or his agent claims the cattle but refuses or fails to pay the pound-fees and the expenses chargeable under the next succeeding section, the cattle or as many of them as may be necessary, shall be sold by auction: Provided that, if the cattle is not sold at auction under sub-section (1) or (2), it shall be disposed of in such other manner as the Government may by rules prescribe. 499 Substituted vide the Goa Jan Vishwas (Laws Amendment) Act, 2026 (Goa Act 2 of 2026), as per section 3 of the Act the fines and penalties provided under various provisions in the enactments shall be increased by ten percent of the minimum amount of penalty, as the case may be, specified therefor, after the expiry of every three years from the date of commencement of the Act. 500 Sub section (3) substituted vide Amendment Act 14 of 2022. Orignal Sub Section read as follows:- “(3) Whoever forcibly opposes the seizure of cattle liable to be seized under this section, and whoever rescues the same after seizure, either from a pound or from any person taking or about to take them to a pound, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to 500[two thousand rupees], or with both.” 168 (3) The Government may frame rules prescribing the manner in which auction under sub-section (1) or (2) may be held. (4) The surplus remaining after deducting the pound-fee and expenses aforesaid from the proceeds of the sale, shall be paid to any person who within fifteen days after the sale, proves to the satisfaction of the Chief Officer, that he was the owner of such cattle and shall in any other case, form part of the municipal fund. (5) No police officer, or Councillor or officer or servant of the Council, including the pound-keeper, shall, directly or indirectly, purchase any cattle at a sale under sub-section (1) or (2).