Section 2Prevention of trespass and damage by cattle

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2. Prevention of trespass and damage by cattle (1) Any Police officer may take charge of any cattle which may be found straying in any street or trespassing on any land, and doing damage thereto or to the crop or produce thereon and may take or send the same to the nearest pound. (2) If any cattle is found straying in a street or trespassing on any land or doing damage thereto or to any plant or crop or produce thereon with the knowledge or connivance of the keeper or where there is no keeper, the owner, such keeper or owner, as the case may be, shall, on conviction by a Magistrate, be punishable with fine which may extend to [Tk] 200.

1. 4. The word “Tk” was substituted for the word “Rs” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973)