Definitions.- In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,

1. (a) “animal” includes birds; 1[(b ) “precincts” in relation to a place of public religious worship or adoration includes all lands and buildings near such place which are ordinarily used for purposes connected with religious worship or adoration;]
2. (c) “sacrifice” means the killing or maiming of any animal for the purpose 2[of any religious worship or adoration] ;

1[(d) “place of public religious worship or adoration” means any place intended for use

¹ Substituted by Act 21 of 1975 w.e.f. 15.5.1975

by, or accessible to, the public or a section thereof for the purposes of religious worship or adoration.]