Provided that the Commissioner may authorise any person to slaughter, without licence and without the payment of any fee, any animal for the purpose of a religious ceremony.

Sections 353 and 354 to be subject to Act 8 of 1965.- Sections 363 and 364 shall have effect subject to the provisions of the Puducherry Animals and Birds Sacrifices Prohibition Act, 1965.

The milk trade

** 366. Regulation of milk trade.- (1) No person shall without or otherwise than in conformity with a licence from the Commissioner --

1. (a) carry on or be employed in, within the municipality, the trade or business of a dealer in, or importer or seller or hawker of, milk or diary produce; or
2. (b) use any place in the municipality for the sale of milk or dairyproduce; Provided that no such licence shall be given to any person who is suffering from an infectious disease: Provided further that such licence shall be deemed to have been suspended while the person to whom it is granted is suffering from an infectious disease.

1. (2) Such licence may be refused or may be granted on such conditions as the Commissioner may deem necessary which may extend to the construction, ventilation, conservancy, supervision and inspection of the premises whether within or outside municipal limits where the animals from which the milk-supply is derived are kept.