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(1) (a) The Licensing Officer, or Inspectar, may sei- - (i) any notified animal or bird found straying or cb:"@sd in any pubtia place in an urban area on in a prohibited area : (ii) any notitied animal or bird found to be kept without a valid licence or in violation of the terms aid conditions of a licence in an urban area ; or (jji) any notified animal or bird found to be kept in a prohibited area ; and confine such animal or bird in any pound maintained by the local authority concerned. (b) Any Police Officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector may seize any notified aliimal or bird founc: straying in an urbarl area and confine such animal or bird in any pound mair,tained by the local authority concerned. (2) If any notified a limal or bird for which licence has been obtained by an ewner and found straying in an urban arqis seized under sub-section (I), the owner may red eem the animal or bird within a period of forty-eight hours after its seizure ~ J I paying to the local authority, sucl~ fine and such feeding and maintenance char~es as may be prescribed. (3). If any notified animal or bird, in respect of which no licerice has been c,btaineti, fou!~!~ stra yil:g or Found to be kept in an urban area is seized under sub- section (I), the owner may, withi? a period of forty-eight hours of such seizure, apply for and obtain a vahd licence in respect of such animal or bird and redeem it after paying to the local authority, such fine and such feeding end maintenance charges as may be prescribed : Provided that the fine to be prescribed under this sub-section (1) or sub-section @) shall not exceetl one-fourth of the cost of the animal or bird seized. (4) Subject to the lxovisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), any notified animal or bird which is seized md er sub-section (1) shall be publicly sold and the proceedis of such sale shall be credited to the fund of the local authority concerned : Provided that in the case of an animal or bird referred to in sub-section (2) or =b-section (3) the: proceeds of such sale shall be paid to the owner of the animal or bird, after deducting the h e and .the feed ing and maintenance charges referred to in sub-section (2) or in sub-sect1on~3)~ as the case may be, and if the owner of such animal or bird fails to clatm such proceeds with~n a period of three months after such sale, the entire amount shall be credited to the fund of the local authority concerned.