Section 189(1) in The Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993
(1)In any village to which the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette apply this section every pound-keeper shall before releasing any impounded cattle, require the owner of the impounded cattle or his agent to make, in the prescribed form a declaration regarding the ownership of such cattle and to deposit by way of security such sum as may be prescribed. Progressively increasing scales may be prescribed in respect of cattle belonging to or kept by the same person according to the number of cattle impounded at a time and the number of times the cattle are impounded and different scales may be prescribed for different villages.
