185. Delivery of cattle claimed and consequences of failure to pay pound fees and expenses etc.
(1)If the owner of cattle which are impounded under section 184 or his agent appears and claims the cattle, the pound keeper shall deliver them to him on payment of the pound fees and expenses chargeable in respect of such cattle under section 187 and on depositing the amount of security, if any, prescribed under section 189.(2)If the owner or his agent appears but refuses to pay the fees and expenses as required under sub-section (1) on the ground that the seizure was illegal and that the owner is about to make a complaint under section 188. then upon the deposit of the fees and expenses incurred in respect of the cattle, the cattle shall be delivered to him.(3)If on any complaint referred to in sub-section (2), the seizure is declared to be lawful or if the owner or his agent fails to make such complaint within a period of four weeks from the date of delivery of the cattle to him and the provisions of section 189 are applicable, the pound-keeper shall require the owner or his agent to make a declaration and to deposit the amount of security as required by that section. If the owner or his agent fails to make such declaration or to deposit such amount the cattle delivered to him under sub-section (2) shall be seized again for the purposes of sub-section (4).(4)If the owner or his agent appears and refuses or omits to pay the pound-fees and expenses under sub-section (1) or to deposit the pound-fees and expenses under subsection (2) or to deposit the amount of security and to make a declaration as required by sub-section (3), the cattle or as many of them as may be necessary shall be sold by public auction by such officer at such place and time and subject to such conditions as are referred to in section 186. The amount of pound-fees leviable and the expenses of feeding and watering together with the expenses of sale, if any, and the amount of security, if any, as prescribed under section 189 shall be deducted from the proceeds of the scale.
