22. Detention of person taking animal along highway
A police officer, rural constable or designated officer, may stop and detain any person driving or otherwise conveying any bull, cow, ox, steer, heifer, or calf or any ram, ewe, sheep or lamb, or any goat or kid, or any swine along any public highway or road, and may request such person to give him or her full information as to the place from which and to which such animal is being taken, and as to the name and residence of the owner thereof, and may arrest every such person who refuses or neglects to give full or satisfactory information as aforesaid, and may detain such person in custody until he or she can be brought before a magistrate, and may detain every animal found in the possession of such person. (Substituted by Act 15 of 1977)