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kz'aals, and that iu the event of any 

 more cattle belonging to such person 

 being stolen or killed, and the offender 

 not being discovered, such head or heads 

 of kraals may be made liable to pay a 

 penalty of the value of the cattle stjlen or 

 killed. 



44. The person whose cattle have been 

 stolen or killed shall in every case, in 

 addition to such notice, also lodge as soon 

 as may be with the Magistrate or member 

 of the Natal Police Force an affidavit set- 

 ting forth the number, character, and de- 

 scription, so far as possible, of the cattle 

 stolen or killed, the date of the stealing or 

 killing, the effort to discover the offender, 

 and the name of the kraal or kraals sus- 

 pected ; and any person making any wil- 

 fully false statement in any such affidavit 

 or notice shall be deemed guilty of the 

 offence of perjury. 



4.5. If after such notice has been given 

 by such Magistrate to the Lead or heads 

 of ki'aals, other cattle of the same person 

 shall, within one year from the date of 

 such notice, have been stolen or killed, 

 such person shall, as soon as possible, if 

 depirous of having the benefits of this 

 Act. deliver to the Magistrate or a member 

 of the Natal Police Force a like notice of 

 such further stealing or killing and a 

 sworn statement in the manner provided 

 in the preceding section, and thereupon 

 such Magistrate, if satisfied that there is 

 reasonable ground for suspicion, shall give 

 or cause to be given notice to such head 

 or heads of kraals that further cattle of 

 the said person have been stolen or 

 killed, and that failing the discovery of 

 the offender within a reasonable period to 

 be fixed by the Magistrate, not being less 

 than one month, such kraal head or heads 

 may be subjected to a penalty of the value 

 of the cattle stolen or killed. 



46. Any member of the Natal Police 

 Force to whom any notice is given under 

 this Act shall take a copy of such notice 

 and forward the original forthwith as 

 soon as possible to the Magistrate within 

 whose jurisdiction the kraal or kraals sus- 

 pected may be. 



47. Where the suspected kraals lie 

 within more Magisterial Divisions than 

 one, any Magistrate within whose juris- 

 diction any kraals may be shall have 

 power to deal with the matter in the same 



way as if all the suspected kraals were 

 within his jurisdiction. 



48. If within the period appointed by 

 the further notice the offender has not 

 been discovered or compensation has not 

 been made, the Magistrate may, without 

 any formality of procedure, but in the 

 presence of the kraal heads, enquire into 

 the case. 



49. Upon receiving a report from the 

 Magistrate that he is satisfied that any of 

 the inmates of the suspected kraals com- 

 mitted the theft or killing, or had a, share 

 in it, or knew of it and took no steps to 

 bring the offender? to justice, it shall be 

 lawful for the Governor in Council to 

 impose upon the heads of each of the 

 kraals so implicated a penalty, oppor- 

 tioned among them as unay be considered 

 proper up to the value of the cattle, and 

 the cost of the search and inquiry. Any 

 such penalty shall be paid to the general 

 revenue. 



50. Such penalty may be awarded 

 against any one or more of such kraal 

 heads, and where the penalty is awarded 

 against the heads of more than one kraal, 

 such kraal heads shall be severally as 

 well as jointly liable, unless the Governor 

 iu Council shall otherwise apportion their 

 mutual liability. 



51. Where the stealing or killing of 

 further cattle shall have taken place more 

 than one year, but less than tlaree years, 

 from the date on which the first notice 

 shall have been given, then a further 

 notice may be given as pi'ovided in Section 

 45, and the provisions of Sections 47, 48, 

 and 49 shall apply, except that a penalty 

 shall only be awarded against the head 

 or heads of the suspected kraals in case 

 the Magistrate shall report that he be 

 fully satisfied that the inhabitants gener- 

 ally ojE the kraals were directly implicated 

 in the stealing or killing of such cattle. 



52. This part of the Act so far as con- 

 cerns stolen cattle shall not be applied in 

 favour of any person who shall not have 

 kept suflBcient lists of the class or classes 

 of cattle from which thefts have occurred 

 during the period relating to the question 

 at issue, and no such lists shall be deemed 

 sufficient for the purposes of this part of 

 the Act unless they contain a true record 

 of the actual counting of such cattle made 

 at intervals throughout such period of not 

 less than one month. 



