Vidhi Codex

Bare Act

The Punjab Livestock and Birds Diseases Act 1948

General194838 of 39 sections available

This Act regulates the control of communicable diseases affecting livestock and domestic birds throughout Haryana. It applies to a wide range of land and herds, covering everything from cattle and goats to poultry. The law is critical for public and economic health, allowing the government to take strict measures such as ordering quarantines, inspecting farms, and blocking the transport of possibly infected animals or materials. By preventing outbreaks at their source, the legislation protects farmers from financial loss and ensures the safety of food supplies and the wider community.

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  1. 1. Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2. Power to exempt areas from the provisions of this Act
  3. 3. Definitions
  4. 4. Scheduled diseases
  5. 5. Veterinary Surgeons
  6. 7. Status of Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors
  7. 8. Power of Inspectors
  8. 9. Power to regulate inter-State trade and to control transport of animals and things which may spread disease
  9. 10. Power to control the holding of markets, fairs, etc.
  10. 11. Power to control the holding of markets, fairs, etc.
  11. 12. Power to control traffic in infective livestock or birds
  12. 13. Duty of certain persons to report scheduled diseases
  13. 14. Power of Veterinary Surgeon to hold post-mortem
  14. 15. Power to isolate infective animals
  15. 16. Examination by the Veterinary Surgeon
  16. 17. Action after examination by the Veterinary Surgeon
  17. 18. Compensation for livestock or bird destroyed
  18. 19. Power to require disinfection or infected animals in vessels or vehicles
  19. 20. Declaration of private infected places
  20. 21. Examination of infected place by Veterinary surgeon
  21. 22. Declaration of public infected places
  22. 23. Declaration of infected areas by the Government
  23. 24. Removal of livestock or birds and other things from infected areas or places
  24. 25. Power to return livestock or birds etc., to infected areas
  25. 26. Time for complying with and enforcement of Orders
  26. 27. Recovery of expenses incurred under this Chapter
  27. 28. Penalties for contraventions of Acts, Regulations and Rules
  28. 29. Penalty for keeping or grazing infective livestock in unenclosed land
  29. 30. Penalty for bringing infective livestock or bird to market
  30. 31. Penalty for placing carcass of infective livestock or bird animal in river
  31. 32. Penalty for disinterring carcasses of diseases livestock or bird
  32. 33. Penalty for malicious and vexatious entry or seizure by Inspector
  33. 35. Institution of proceedings
  34. 36. Jurisdiction of magistrates
  35. 37. Bar of compensation
  36. 38. Power of State Government to make regulations and rules
  37. 39. Power to make regulations or rules subject to previous publication
  38. 40. Protection to persons acting under this Act

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