Brands Act 1915
sec.24AProhibition on sale of unbranded cattle
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sec.24A Prohibition on sale of unbranded cattle
A person shall not sell any cattle of a live weight in excess of 100kg unless those cattle are branded. Maximum penalty—8 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months. For the purposes of subsection (1) , cattle shall be taken to be branded if and only if— they are branded with a horse and cattle brand; or they are branded with a brand registered pursuant to the law of any other State or a Territory and recognised therein as evidence of ownership of those cattle; or they are branded with a brand impressed or otherwise applied in a State or Territory, the law whereof does not require the registration of such a brand, and accepted therein as evidence of ownership of those cattle. This section applies subject to section 24B . s 24A ins 1973 No. 88 s 17 sub 1974 No. 79 s 13 amd 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1 (sec.24A-ssec.1) A person shall not sell any cattle of a live weight in excess of 100kg unless those cattle are branded. Maximum penalty—8 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months. (sec.24A-ssec.2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , cattle shall be taken to be branded if and only if— they are branded with a horse and cattle brand; or they are branded with a brand registered pursuant to the law of any other State or a Territory and recognised therein as evidence of ownership of those cattle; or they are branded with a brand impressed or otherwise applied in a State or Territory, the law whereof does not require the registration of such a brand, and accepted therein as evidence of ownership of those cattle. (sec.24A-ssec.3) This section applies subject to section 24B .
- (a) they are branded with a horse and cattle brand; or
- (b) they are branded with a brand registered pursuant to the law of any other State or a Territory and recognised therein as evidence of ownership of those cattle; or
- (c) they are branded with a brand impressed or otherwise applied in a State or Territory, the law whereof does not require the registration of such a brand, and accepted therein as evidence of ownership of those cattle.