Bare Act
The Bihar Preservation And Improvement of Animals Act, 1955
The Bihar Preservation and Improvement of Animals Act, 1955 regulates livestock management, animal slaughter, and disease control across the State of Bihar. It strictly prohibits the slaughter of cows, calves, bulls, bullocks, and she-buffaloes, allowing exceptions only for elderly, permanently incapacitated, or research-designated animals. The law applies to animal owners, keepers, village authorities, and veterinary officers, establishing mandatory duties to report, isolate, and treat contagious animal diseases. It also empowers authorities to inspect, vaccinate, and castrate bulls unfit for breeding. This Act matters because it safeguards agricultural livestock health, prevents epidemic outbreaks among domestic animals, and enforces state animal welfare standards.
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- 5Report of contagious disease
- 6Duty to segregate infective animals
- 7Declaration of infected area
- 8Preventive vaccination or inoculation in infected area
- 9Prohibition of markets, fairs, etc. in infected areas
- 10Compulsory segregation and treatment of animals
- 11Disinfection of buildings, etc
- 12Power of Veterinary Officer to subject infective animal to tests
- 13Power of Veterinary Officer to carry out post-mortem examination
- 14Prohibition of sale or transfer of infective animals
- 24Inspection of bulls
- 25Power to order castration
- 26Production of Licence
- 27Power of Veterinary Officer to castrate bulls
- 28Power of Veterinary Officer to inspect or mark bulls
- 29Penalty for contravention of other provisions of this Chapter
- 30Chapter not to apply to a bull dedicated to a religious purpose
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