Fencing Act [Chapter 20:06].
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This Act concerns the fencing of land. "Fence" means a fence separating the adjoining pieces of land of different owners and includes: (a) any gate, grid track, other than a grid on a main road as defined in the Roads Act, or stile and any other means of passage over or through the fence concerned; and (b) any ditch, hedge, railings or wall used as a fence. Part II of this Act prescribes that each magistrates court shall be a fencing court for the province in which it is situated prescribes the procedures of court proceedings. Part III provides for the construction and repair of dividing fences.