Exemption under this Act

Subject to any conditions prescribed in this behalf, this Act shall not apply to- (1) any animal operated upon for vaccine lymph, serum, or for any experimental or research purposes at an institution established, conducted or recognised by the State Government ; (2) any animal or class of animals- (i) slaughter of which is certified by a Veterinary Surgeon authorized in this behalf by the State Government to be necessary in the interest of the public health, (ii) which are suffering from any disease which is certified by such Veterinary Surgeon as being contagious and dangerous to other animals.