Impounding Act 1955

Procedure for impounding stock in a pound

43: Poundkeeper to receive stock tendered for impounding

You could also call this:

"The poundkeeper must take in animals you bring to the pound."

If you take animals to a public pound, the person in charge, called the poundkeeper, must accept them. The poundkeeper has to let you leave the animals at the pound at any time, day or night. You can take your animals to the pound and the poundkeeper will look after them.

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This page was last updated on 19 July 2025

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42: Disposal of wild stock straying on roads, or

"What happens to wild animals found on roads that are too wild to catch"

44: Provision where pound is of insufficient size, or

"What happens if the pound is too small to hold all the impounded animals"

Part 7Procedure for impounding stock in a pound

43Poundkeeper to receive stock tendered for impounding

The poundkeeper of any public pound shall receive all stock tendered for lodgement therein and shall allow the stock to be impounded at any time of the day or night.

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1908 No 79 s 35(1)