Unauthorised possession or keeping of cattle

Where any cattle to which this Act applies is, without the proper authority, found in the possession of any person, or kept in any place, such person or the occupier of such place, the owner of, or other person guilty of keeping, such cattle or handling such cattle, unless he can prove that it was deposited there without his knowledge or consent, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be sentenced to the same penalty as in section 3 of this Act. 6