Section 223 - Provision as to Keeping of Pigs in Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964
Provision as to Keeping of Pigs.
(1) If it shall appear to the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer at any time that nuisance or annoyance is caused to the public by the keeping of pigs within the limits of the1[municipal area], the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer may direct by public notice that no person shall, without his written permission or otherwise than in conformity with the terms of such permission keep any pigs in any part of the1[municipal area].
(2) Whoever shall after such direction keep any pigs in any place with in the municipal limits without the permission required as aforesaid, or otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof, shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
(3) Any pigs found straying may be forthwith destroyed and the carcass thereof disposed of as the Municipal Commissioner or Chief Officer shall direct. No claim shall lie for compensation for any pigs so destroyed.
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1. Substituted by Act 36 of 1994 w.e.f. 1.6.1994.