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The Gujarat Diseases of Animals (Control) Act, 1963

The Gujarat Diseases of Animals (Control) Act, 1963

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The Gujarat Diseases of Animals (Control) Act, 1963 provides a legal framework for preventing, controlling, and eradicating scheduled infectious diseases in domesticated and confined animals across Gujarat. It applies to livestock owners, veterinary practitioners, animal handlers, and public transport operators. Under this legislation, the government can declare eradication or infected zones, mandate animal vaccination and marking, establish quarantine stations along transport routes, and restrict the movement or trade of infected animals and contaminated fodder. Veterinary officers are empowered to inspect premises, isolate or destroy diseased animals, and enforce proper carcass disposal. This law protects agricultural productivity, animal welfare, and public health.

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Part I PRELIMINARY.

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement.
  2. 2Definitions.
  3. 3Appointment of Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors.
  4. 4Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors to be public servants.

Part II ERADICATION, PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF SCHEDULED DISEASES.

  1. 5Eradication of diseases in certain areas.
  2. 6Power to prohibit or regulate import, export or transport of, holding of markets, fairs, etc., of and traffic in infective animals, etc.
  3. 7Establishment of quarantine stations.
  4. 8Power to isolate infective animals and their examination.
  5. 9Power of Veterinary Surgeons to examine animals.
  6. 10Compensation for animals destroyed.
  7. 11Declaration of private infected places and examination of such places by Veterinary Surgeon.
  8. 12Declaration of public infected places.
  9. 13Power of Commissioner to declare infected areas.
  10. 14Removal of animals and other things from infected area or place prohibited without licence.
  11. 15Power to require animals, etc., to be brought to infected areas.
  12. 16Cleansing and disinfection of vessels and vehicles.
  13. 17Power to require disinfection of infected premises, vessels or vehicles.
  14. 18Power of Veterinary Surgeon to hold postmortem.
  15. 19Duty of certain persons to report scheduled disease.
  16. 20Duty of person in charge to isolate infective animals.
  17. 21Keeping or grazing infective animals prohibited.
  18. 22Bringing of infective animals in market, etc., prohibited,
  19. 23Disposal of carcass of infective animals.
  20. 24Disinterring without lawful authority carcass of animal prohibited.
  21. 25Powers of entry and inspection.
  22. 26Enforcement of orders and recovery of expenses.
  23. 27Power of Inspector to decide whether or not animal is infective.
  24. 28Penalties.
  25. 29Penalty of placing carcass of infective animals in river, etc.
  26. 30Penalty for vexatious entry, inspection and seizure.
  27. 31Officers bound to assist Inspectors and Veterinary Surgeons.
  28. 32Powers of arrest and seizure.
  29. 33Jurisdiction of Magistrate.
  30. 34Bar of claim to compensation.
  31. 35Delegation of powers.
  32. 36Officers to act subject to orders of Government.
  33. 37Protection for action taken under this Act.
  34. 38Rules.
  35. 39Power of State Government to add to the Schedule.
  36. 40Repeal and savings.

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