Botswana - 1962 - Agriculture and Rural Development

Branding of Cattle Act

Botswana, Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security

The Act provides for the marking, by the method of branding, of cattle (any bull, cow or ox, or any heifer or calf which has been weaned), with a distinctive mark. It provides for the establishment of zonal branding areas for purposes of identification of cattle and prescribes offences and penalties in respect of an alteration of branding stipulations cattle. Cattle in zonal branding areas shall be marked with the zonal symbol.

Process Flow

Contacts

Approver

Ahmad Lawan

Senate President

National Assembly

Approver

Muhammadu Buhari

President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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Branding of Cattle Act Current Version

January 2022

The Act provides for the marking, by the method of branding, of cattle (any bull, cow or ox, or any heifer or calf which has been weaned), with a distinctive mark. It provides for the establishment of zonal branding areas for purposes of identification of cattle and prescribes offences and penalties in respect of an alteration of branding stipulations cattle. Cattle in zonal branding areas shall be marked with the zonal symbol.

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