Animals Act, No. 29 of 1958.

The Act establishes the conditions under which cattle may be slaughtered and removed, regulates the branding of cattle over the age of eighteen months and states the duty of every divisional Assistant Government Agent to maintain a cattle register and to issue cattle vouchers. Part IV regulates the trespass of animals on any private land under cultivation, or any irrigation work, line of railway, public road, park or State land. According to Section 14 it shall be lawful for the owner or occupier of land to seize or detain any animal trespassing on the land; among other things the Act makes provision for the destruction of stray pigs or poultry, the disposal of carcasses, the recovery of damages and expenses. This Act, consisting of 38 articles divided into six Parts, is divided as follows: Slaughter and Removal of Animals (Part II); Branding of Cattle (Part III); Trespass by Animals (Part IV); Castration and Breeding (Part V); General (Part VI).