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The Bombay Diseases of Animals Act, 1948

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The Bombay Diseases of Animals Act, 1948, is a legislative framework designed to prevent, control, and eradicate infectious diseases among animals in Maharashtra. It empowers the State Government to appoint Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors to monitor animal health, establish quarantine stations, and declare specific regions as "infected" or "eradication" areas. The Act mandates that owners report suspected diseases, isolate sick animals, and comply with immunization requirements. It also regulates the movement, sale, and disposal of infected animals and carcasses. By enforcing these sanitary measures, the Act protects livestock health, supports the agricultural economy, and mitigates the risk of zoonotic disease transmission to humans.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 1. Short title
  3. 2. Extent and commencement
  4. 3. Definitions
  5. 4. Appointment of Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors
  6. 5. Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors to be public servants
  7. 5A. Eradication of diseases in certain areas
  8. 6. Power to prohibit or regulate import, export or transport of, holding of markets, fairs, etc. of, and traffic in, infective animals, etc
  9. 7. Establishment of quarantine stations
  10. 8. Power to isolate infective animals and their examination
  11. 9. Power of Veterinary Surgeons to examine animals
  12. 10. Compensation for animals destroyed
  13. 11. Declaration of private infected places and examination of such places by Veterinary Surgeon
  14. 12. Declaration of public infected places
  15. 13. Power of State Government to declare infected areas
  16. 14. Removal of animals and other things from infected area or place prohibited without licence
  17. 15. Power to require animals, etc. to be brought to infected areas
  18. 16. Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the powers of an Inspector under section 8 to deal with infective animals.
  19. 17. Power to require disinfection of infected premises, vessels or vehicles
  20. 18. Power of Veterinary Surgeon to hold post-mortem
  21. 19. Duty of certain persons to report scheduled disease
  22. 19A. Duty of person in charge to isolate infective animals
  23. 20. Keeping or grazing infective animal prohibited
  24. 21. Bringing of infective animals in market, etc., prohibited
  25. 22. Placing of carcass of infective animals in river, etc., prohibited
  26. 23. Disinterring without lawful authority carcass of animal prohibited
  27. 24. Powers of entry and inspection
  28. 25. Enforcement of orders and recovery of expenses
  29. 26. Power of Inspector to decide whether or not animal is infective
  30. 27. Penalties
  31. 28. Penalty for placing carcass of infective animal in river, etc
  32. 29. Penalty for vexatious entry, inspection and seizure
  33. 30. Officers bound to assist Inspectors and Veterinary Surgeons
  34. 31. Powers of arrest and seizure
  35. 32. Jurisdiction of Magistrate
  36. 33. Bar of claim to compensation
  37. 34. Officers to act subject to orders of State Government
  38. 35. Protection for action taken under this Act
  39. 36. Rules
  40. 37. Power of State Government to add to Schedule
  41. 38. Repeal of C. P. and Berar XVI of 1934 and saving
  42. I. SCHEDULE

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