The application concerns the constitutional validity of sections 8, 10(2), 12, 16(1), 29, 33, 34, 37, and 41(4) of the Pound Ordinance number 32 of 1947. The applicant is a 53 year old widow, unemployed, landless and residing at Thornview Farm, Greytown KwaZulu-Natal. She is the owner of livestock that is threatened with seizure and impoundment. The first respondent is responsible for the administration and implementation inKwaZulu-Natal of the Pound Ordinance no. 32 of 1947. The second and third respondents are Poundkeepers for Dundee Pound and Weenen Pound respectively. The above mentioned sections of the Pound Ordinance were declared to be inconsistent with the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. There was no order to costs.