Bombay  Diseases of Animals Act, 1948.

The Bombay Diseases of Animals Act, 1948.

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Act ID:	194859
Act Number:	59
Enactment Date:	1948-11-30
Act Year:	1948
Short Title:	The Bombay Diseases of Animals Act, 1948.
Ministry:	Ministry of Govt of Maharashtra
Department:	Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department
Type:	STATE
Location:	Maharashtra


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PART I

PRELIMINARY

PART II

ERADICATION, PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF SCHEDULED DISEASES


Section 1. Short title.
Section 2. Extent and commencement.
Section 3. Definitions.
Section 4. Appointment of Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors.
Section 5. Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors to be public servants.
Section 5A. Eradication of diseases in certain areas.
Section 6. Power to prohibit or regulate import, export or transport of, holding of markets, fairs, etc. of, and traffic in, infective animals, etc.
Section 7. Establishment of quarantine stations.
Section 8. Power to isolate infective animals and their examination.
Section 9. Power of Veterinary Surgeons to examine animals.
Section 10. Compensation for animals destroyed.
Section 11. Declaration of private infected places and examination of such places by Veterinary Surgeon.
Section 12. Declaration of public infected places.
Section 13. Power of State Government to declare infected areas.
Section 14. Removal of animals and other things from infected area or place prohibited without licence.
Section 15. Power to require animals, etc., to be brought to infected areas.
Section 16. Cleansing and disinfection of vessels and vehicles.
Section 17. Power to require disinfection of infected premises, vessels or vehicles.
Section 18. Power of Veterinary Surgeon to hold post-mortem.
Section 19. Duty of certain persons to report scheduled disease.
Section 19A. Duty of person in charge to isolate infective animals.
Section 20. Keeping or grazing infective animal prohibited.
Section 21. Bringing of infective animals in market, etc., prohibited.
Section 22. Placing of carcass of infective animals in river, etc., prohibited.
Section 23. Disinterring without lawful authority carcass of animal prohibited.
Section 24. Powers of entry and inspection.
Section 25. Enforcement of orders and recovery of expenses.
Section 26. Power of Inspector to decide whether or not animal is infective.
Section 27. Penalties.
Section 28. Penalty for placing carcass of infective animal in river, etc.
Section 29. Penalty for vexatious entry, inspection and seizure.
Section 30. Officers bound to assist Inspectors and Veterinary Surgeons.
Section 31. Powers of arrest and seizure.
Section 32. Jurisdiction of Magistrate.
Section 33. Bar of claim to compensation.
Section 34. Officers to act subject to orders of Government.
Section 35. Protection for action taken under this Act.
Section 36. Rules.
Section 37. Power of State Government to add to the Schedule.
Section 38. Repeal of C.P. and Berar XVI of 1934 and saving.


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