Vidhi Codex

Bare Act

The Jammu and Kashmir Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1934

General199022 sections

The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1990, is a legislative measure designed to protect animals from mistreatment within the towns of Jammu and Srinagar and on public roads. It prohibits specific cruel practices, such as overloading animals, performing the "phooka" operation on milch animals, and using unfit animals for labor. The Act empowers authorities to inspect, seize, and prosecute offenders, while also providing guidelines for the humane destruction of terminally ill animals. It serves as a regulatory framework to ensure that owners and handlers maintain basic standards of animal welfare, balancing the utility of working animals with their physical well-being.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement and savings
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 3. Penalty for cruelly beating animals in a public place
  4. 3A. Penalty for over-loading
  5. 4. Penalty for using a cow for dragging a plough
  6. 5. Penalty for performing any phooka operation upon any cow
  7. 6. Penalty for recklessly driving animals and doing other such acts within the towns of Jammu and Srinagar and on roads to which this Act is made applicable
  8. 7. B. Presumptions as to possession of the skin of a goat.
  9. 7A. Text regarding Judicial Magistrate and care to the State/for the work continues but is partially illegible.
  10. 7B. Presumptions as to possession of the skin of a goat
  11. 8. Penalty for employing unfit animal
  12. 11. A. Special Power of search and seizure in respect of certain offences
  13. 11A. Special Power of search and seizure in respect of certain offences
  14. 12. Magistrate empowered to destroy a horse, mule or donkey suffering from a painful disease
  15. 13. Inquiry to be made if offence reported by certain societies or individuals
  16. 13A. Protection
  17. 14. Trials to be summary
  18. 15. Authorised maximum weight to be loaded on animals
  19. 16. Appointment of Inspectors and their powers
  20. 17. The Inspector shall have also authority to hand over the offenders with their animals to the police for prosecution in
  21. 18. Penalty for an offence under section 17
  22. 19. Provided that, no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.

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