Section 5 — Barrier or check posts

(a) The Chief Conservator of Forests shall, by notification in the * [Government Gazette], establish barrier and checking posts in the ** State territories at suitable places for the purposes of enumerating livestock entering the ** State from outside or moving from place to place within the ** State and for levying fluctuating Kahcharai dues thereon.

(b) Such barrier and checking posts shall also be notified in the towns and villages in the neighbourhood thereof :

Provided that barrier or checking posts now existing shall be deemed to have been established under this Act.