Chapter I PRELIMINARY

(1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Cattle Trespass Act, 1966. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka. (3) It shall come into force at once in the areas in which any of the Acts repealed by section 31 is in force ; and shall come into force in such other area on such date as the State Government may, by notification, specify : Provided that the State Government may, by notification, direct that it shall cease to be in force in any area from such date as may be specified in such notification, and thereupon section 6 of the Karnataka General Clauses Act, 1899 (Karnataka Act III of 1899) shall be applicable as if this Act had been repealed in such area from the said date by a Karnataka Act.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires ,- (a) "cattle" includes elephants, camels, buffaloes, horses, mares, geldings, ponies, colts, fillies, mules, asses, pigs, rams, ewes, sheep, lambs, goats and kids ; (b) "District Magistrate" means the Deputy Commissioner of the district exercising the powers of a District Magistrate ; (c) "local authority" means a Municipal Corporation, Municipal Council, Notified Area Committee, Sanitary Board, Cantonment Board or Village or Town Panchayat for the time being invested by law with the control and administration of any matters within a specified local area; (d) "local fund" means any fund under the control or management of a local authority; (e) "notification" means a notification published in the official Gazette; (f) "officer of police" includes a police patel and a member of the village police ; (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.