Vidhi Codex

Bare Act

The Odisha Live-Stock Improvement Act, 1957

General195717 sections

This Act aims to improve livestock quality in Orissa by regulating the keeping, licensing, and breeding of male animals like bulls and Brahmini bulls. It applies to anyone in the state who owns, possesses, or practices religious dedication on such animals by requiring government authorization and certification. This matters because it provides a systematic framework for government oversight to prevent the overpopulation of unproductive bulls, promotes the improvement of the state's livestock resources, and ensures the controlled propagation of better breeding stock.

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  1. 0. Preamble
  2. 2. Definitions
  3. 4. Prohibition of keeping a bull without license
  4. 5. Grant of license
  5. 6. Refusal and revocation of license
  6. 7. Grant of duplicate license
  7. 8. Duration of license
  8. 10. Power to order castration of bull or bull-calf
  9. 11. Information of sections 6, 9 or 10 to the owner of bull or bull-calf
  10. 12. Production of license
  11. 15. Penalty
  12. 16. Cognizance of offence
  13. 17. Public servants
  14. 18. Protection of persons acting in good faith
  15. 19. Power to call for and examine records
  16. 20. Power to make rules
  17. 21. Saving

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