Matimela Act (Cap. 36:06)
An Act to re-enact, with amendments, the Matimela Act to provide for the collection, reporting and sale of matimela within districts and elsewhere in Botswana; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
This Act provides in respect of "matimela", which means any stray animal and any animal which, having been a stray animal, continues to be matimela by virtue of section 15 of the Act. Section 15 provides that animals which are matimela continue to be considered as such until they are recovered by their owner.
