Power to exempt establishment

Where the Government are satisfied that the leave rules applicable to employees in an establishment provide benefits which in its opinion are not less favourable than those for which chapter makes provisions it may, by written order, exempt the establishment from all or any of the provisions of this chapter, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order. (1) If the owner or his agent appears and refuses or omits to pay or in the case mentioned in section 15 to deposit them said fines and expenses, the cattle or as many of them as may be necessary, shall be sold by public auction by the local authority or by such officer as the case may be, at such place and time and subject to such conditions as are referred to in section 14. (2) The fines leviable and expenses of feeding and watering together with the expenses of sale, if any, shall be deducted from the proceeds of sale. (3) The remaining cattle and the balance of the proceeds of sale if any, shall be delivered to the owner or his agent, together with an account showing : — (a) the number of cattle seized, (b) the time during which they have been impounded (c) the amount of fines and charges incurred, (d) the number of cattle sold, (e) the proceeds of sale, and (f) the manner in which these proceeds have been disposed of (4) The owner or his agent shall give a receipt for the cattle delivered to him and for the balance of the proceeds of sale, if any, paid to him according to such account. (5) If the owner or his agent refuses to received the remaining cattle and the surplus proceeds of sale delivered to him, the cattle and the proceeds of sale shall be deemed to be unclaimed and disposed of according to the provisions of this Act.