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.