The Telangana Rinderpest Act, 1940
The Telangana Rinderpest Act, 1940
The Telangana Rinderpest Act, 1940, provides a framework to control and prevent the spread of rinderpest, a highly contagious livestock disease, across the state of Telangana. It empowers government-appointed veterinary surgeons and inspectors to enforce compulsory animal inoculations, isolate infected livestock, inspect facilities, mandate disinfection, and restrict animal movements or trade. The law applies to livestock owners, veterinary practitioners, animal handlers, and commercial carriers. By establishing reporting obligations, authorizing post-mortem examinations, declaring infected zones, and imposing fines or imprisonment for violations, this legislation safeguards animal health, rural livelihoods, and agricultural stability from devastating disease outbreaks.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 4. Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors.
- 5. Power to inoculate and regulate movement of animals and to control the holding of markets, fairs etc., and traffic in infective animals, etc.
- 6. Duty of certain persons to report rinderpest.
- 7. Power of Veterinary Surgeon to hold postmortem.
- 8. Isolation of infective animals, examination by Veterinary Surgeon etc.
- 10. Powers to require disinfection of infected premises, vessels and vehicles.
- 11. Declaration of private infected places and
- 12. Declaration of public infected places.
- 13. Declaration of infected areas by the State Government.
- 14. Removal of animals and other things from infected areas or places.
- 15. Power to return animals, etc., to infected areas.
- 16. Powers of entry and inspection.
- 17. Time for complying with and enforcement of orders.
- 18. Recovery of expenses.
- 19. Penalties.
- 20. Penalty for keeping or grazing infective animal in unenclosed land.
- 21. Penalty for bringing infective animal to market.
- 22. Penalty for placing carcass of infective animal in river.
- 23. Penalty for disinterring carcass of diseased animal.
- 24. Arrest without warrant.
- 25. Institution of proceedings.
- 26. Jurisdiction of Magistrates.
- 27. Bar of claim to compensation.
- 29. Limitation for certain suits and prosecutions.
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