Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) ‘approved bull’ means a bull certified under section 6 of this Act as fit for breeding purposes in a local area; (b) ‘bull’ means an uncastrated male calf of such age as the Central Government may prescribe for any local area; (c) ‘cow’ includes a heifer; (d) ‘Director’ means the Director of Veterinary Services Union Territory of Chandigarh; (e) ‘Livestock Officer’ means the Director and includes any other officer authorised by him to exercise all or any of the powers of a Livestock Officer under the Act; (f) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) a person is said to ‘keep a bull’ if he owns the bull or has the bull in his possession or custody, for the time being; (h) a bull is said to be ‘castrated’ if it is rendered incapable of propagating its species; and (i) ‘local area’ means the whole or a part of the area to which this Act applies, and in which an approved bull is, in the opinion of the Director, fit for breeding purposes.