Chapter III OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENT

Whoever,- (a) fails to carry out any directions specified in, or contravenes the terms of, any notification issued under section 5; or (b) fails to comply with an order made by an Inspector under sub-section (1) of section 6; or (c) removes any animal or thing from an infected area or place in contravention of the provisions of section 10; or (d) fails to comply with any direction given by an Inspector or by a Police Officer under section 11; or (e) fails to render every facility and assistance to a Veterinary Officer as required by section 12; or (f) fails to cleanse or disinfect any vessel or vehicle used for removing animals in the manner prescribed as required under sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 13; or (g) fails to comply with an order made by a Veterinary Officer under section 14; or (h) fails to report that an animal is infected as required by section 16; or (i) fails to segregate any animal as required by section 17; or (j) contravenes any of the provisions of section 19; or (k) organises, holds or promotes as the case may be any animal market, animal fair, animal exhibition, or other concentration of animals in contravention of the provisions of section 20, -shall be punished with fine which may extend in the case of a first conviction to Rs. 100 and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, whether under the same or any other clause of this section, to Rs. 500.

Whoever keeps or grazes in any area, forest, open field, roadside or other unenclosed land to which other persons have a right of access for their animals, any animal which he knows to be infective, shall be punished with fine which may extend in the case of a first conviction to Rs. 100 and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to Rs. 500.

Whoever brings or attempts to bring to a market, fair, exhibition or other concentration of animals, any animal which he knows or has reason to believe to be infective, shall be punished with fine which may extend, in the case of a first conviction to Rs. 100, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to Rs. 500.

Whoever places or causes or permits to be placed in any river, lake, canal or other water or in the sea within such distance from the shore as may be prescribed, the carcass or any part of the carcass of any animal which at the time of its death was infected or which was destroyed as being infective or suspected of being infective, shall be punished in the case of a first conviction with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to Rs. 100 or with both, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to Rs. 500 or with both.

Whoever, without lawful authority disinters or causes to be disinterred the carcass or any part of the carcass of any animal which, at the time of its death, was infective or which was destroyed as being infective, shall be punished with fine which may extend in the case of a first conviction to Rs. 100 and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to Rs. 500.

Whoever sells or attempts to sell or transfer in any manner to another person any animal which he knows or has reason to believe to be infective, shall be punished with a fine which may extend in the case of a first conviction to Rs. 100, and in the case of second or subsequent conviction to Rs. 500.

(1) Whoever, being an Inspector or a Veterinary Officer, appointed under this Act, vexatiously and unnecessarily enters or inspects any land, building or other place or any vessel or vehicle or seizes or detains any animal, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to Rs. 500 or with both. (2) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted after the expiry of three months from the date on which the offence has been committed.