Repeal and savings.

On the commencement of this Act—

1. (i) The Glanders and Farcy Act, 1899 (13 of 1899);
2. (ii) The Dourine Act, 1910 (5 of 1910); and
3. (iii) any other corresponding law of any State, so far as it is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall stand repealed: Provided that nothing contained in this section shall—

1. (a) affect the previous operation of any such provision of law or anything duly done or suffered thereunder;
2. (b) affect any right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under any such provision of law;
3. (c) affect any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against any such provision of law; or
4. (d) affect any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment as aforesaid; and every such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be continued, instituted or enforced, and any such penalty, forfeiture and punishment may be imposed, as if the aforesaid provisions of law had continued: Provided further that, anything done or any action taken under any such provision of law, including any notification, order, notice or receipt issued or declaration made, shall in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been done, taken, issued or made under the corresponding provisions of this Act, and shall continue in force accordingly, unless and until superseded by anything done or any action taken under this Act. 1[THE SCHEDULE [See clause (ga) of section 2 and section 38]
5. (a) Multiple species diseases 1. Anthrax. 2. Aujeszky’s disease. 3. Bluetongue. 4. Brucellosis. 5. Crimean Congo haemorrhagic fever. 6. Echinococcosis/hydatidosis/granulosis/ multiloculosis. 7. Epizootice heamorrhagic disease virus. 8. Foot and mouth disease. 9. Heartwater. 10. Japanese encephalitis. 11. Leishmaniasis 12. Leptospirosis. 13. Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. 14. New world screwworm (Cochliomyia hominivorax). 15. Nipah Virus infection. 16. Old world screwworm (Chrysomyabezziana). 17. Paratuberculosis. 18. Q fever. 19. Rabies. 20. Rift Valley fever. 21. Rinderpest. 22. Trichinellosis. 23. Trypnosomiasis 24. Tularemia. 25. Vesicular stomatitis. 26. West Nile fever.
6. (b) Bovine diseases 1. Bovine anaplasmosis. 2. Bovine babesiosis. 3. Bovine genital campylobacteriosis. 4. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy. 5. Bovine viral diarrhoea. 6. Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia. 7. Enzootic bovine leucosis. 8. Haemorrhagic septicaemia. 9. Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis/infectious pustular vulvovaginitis. 10. Lumpy skin disease. 11. Malignant catarrhal fever. 12. Mycoplasmosis. 13. Theileriosis. 14. Trichomonosis.
7. (c) Sheep and goat diseases 1. Caprine arthritis/encephalitis. 2. Contagious agalactia. 3. Contagious caprine pleuropneumonia. 4. Enzootic abortion of ewes (ovine chlamydiosis). 5. Maedi-visna. 6. Nairobi sheep disease. 7. Ovine epididymitis (Brucella ovis). 8. Peste des petits ruminants. 9. Salmonellosis (S. abortusovis). 10. Scrapie. 11. Sheep pox and goat pox. 12. Theileriosis.
8. (d) Equine diseases 1. African horse sickness. 2. Contagious equine metritis. 3. Dourine. 4. Equine encephalomyelitis (Eastern). 5. Equine encephalomyelitis (Western). 6. Equine infectious anaemia. 7. Equine Influenza. 8. Equine piroplasmosis. 9. Equine rhinopneumonitis. 10. Equine viral arteritis. 11. Glanders. 12. Surra (Trypanosoma evansi). 13. Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis.
9. (e) Swine diseases 1. African swine fever. 2. Classical swine fever. 3. Nipah virus encephalitis. 4. Porcine cysticercosis. 5. Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome. 6. Swine vesicular disease. 7. Transmissible gastroenteritis.
10. (f) Avian diseases 1. Avian chlamydiosis. 2. Avian infectious bronchitis. 3. Avian infectious laryngotracheitis. 4. Avian mycoplasmosis (M. gallisepticum). 5. Avian mycoplasmosis (M. synoviae). 6. Duck virus hepatitis. 7. Fowl cholera. 8. Fowl typhoid. 9. Highly pathogenic avian influenza and low pathogenic avian influenza in poultry. 10. Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease). 11. Marek’s disease. 12. Newcastle disease. 13. Pullorum disease. 14. Turkey rhinotracheitis.
11. (g) Lagomorph diseases 1. Myxomatosis. 2. Rabbit haemorrhagic disease.
12. (h) Bee diseases 1. Acarapisosis of honey bees. 2. American foulbrood of honey bees. 3. European foulbrood of honey bees. 4. Small hive bettle infestation (Aethina tumida). 5. Tropilaelaps infestation of honey bees. 6. Varroosis of honey bees.
    • (i) Fish diseases 1. Epizootic haematopoietic necrosis. 2. Infectious haematopoietic necrosis. 3. Spring viraemia of carp (SVC). 4. Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS). 5. Epizootic ulcerative syndrome (EUS). 6. Red seabream iridoviral disease (RSID). 7. Koi herpesvirus disease (KHV). 8. Grouper iridoviral disease. 9. Viral encephalopathy and retinopathy. 10. Enteric septicaemia of catfish. 11. Infection with Aeromonas hydrophila. 12. lnfection with Edwardsiella tarda. 13. Infection with Vibrio anguillarum. 14. Infection with Flavobacterium columnare. 15. Infection with Streptococus iniae in Tilapia. 16. Infectious pancreatic necrosis (cold water). 17. Infection with Myxobolus spp. 18. Infection with Ichthyophthirius multifilis. 19. Infection with Saprolegnia parasitica. 20. Infestation with Argulus spp. 21. Infestation with Dactylogyrus spp. 22. Infestation with Lernaea spp. 23. Infestation with Caligus spp.
13. (j) Mollusc diseases 1. Infection with Bonamia exitiosa. 2. Infection with Perkinsus olseni. 3. lnfection with abalone herpesvirus. 4. Infection with Xenohaliotis californiensis. 5. Infection with Marteilioides chungmuensis. 6. Acute viral necrosis (in scallops). 7. Akoya oyster disease. 8. Infection with Bomania ostreae. 9. Infection with Marteilia regringens. 10. Infection with Perkinsus marinus. 11. Infection with ostreid herpes virus.
14. (k) Crustacean diseases 1. Taura syndrome (TS). 2. White spot disease (WSD). 3. Yellowhead disease (YHD). 4. Infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis (IHHN). 5. Infectious myonecrosis (IMN). 6. White tail disease (MrNV). 7. Necrotising hepatopancreatitis (NHP). 8. Milky haemolymph disease of spiny lobster (Panulirus spp.). 9. Monodon slow growth syndrome. 10. Acute hepatopancreatic necrosis syndrome (AHPNS). 11. Hepatopancreatic parvovirus. 12. Monodon baculovirus. 13. Loose shell syndrome. 14. Soft shell syndrome. 15. Gaffkemia.
15. (l) Amphibian disease 1. Infection with Ranavirus. 2. Infection with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
16. (m) Other diseases 1. Camel pox. 2. Leishmaniosis. 3. Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus.] STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Adoption of improved animal husbandry practices by the livestock owners coupled with timely immunizations and treatment of affected animals along with effective prevention of spread of disease pathogens from an infected area to other areas can result in reducing incidence of the communicable diseases significantly. However, in India our efforts to control the major infectious and contagious diseases in animals like Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), Haemorrhagic Septicaemia (HS), Black Quarter (BQ), and Anthrax are constrained in the absence of a uniform legislation in the country. Even though the programme for dealing with the control and prevention of animal diseases has been going on since the second five Year Plan, these major diseases still continue to be serious threats to the livestock sector. 2. India is a member of the Office International Des Epizooties (OIE), Paris. For the import and export of animals and animal products (including milk, eggs, meat and other products and by-products) recognition by the OIE as regards freedom from particular disease or diseases in the country is necessary. This recognition is accorded by the OIE to the member countries, subject to the fulfilment of certain requirements, as prescribed in the International Animal Health Code (IAHC) of OIE. It is obligatory for the member countries to provide to the OIE information regarding animal health status and also to follow the OIE Guidelines on the control of animal diseases in order to get their recognition as regards the absence/presence of certain diseases, particularly the diseases like Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), Rinderpest (RP), Contagious Bovine Pleuro-pneumonia, etc. The provisions of IAHC of OIE are binding on member countries for the purpose of international trade in animals and animal products. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the Codex Alimentarius also recognise these provisions of the IAHC of OIE. It has, therefore, become necessary on the part of India to undertake necessary legislative measures to meet its obligations so as to enjoy the benefits under the International Animal Health Code. 3. The movement and transportation of animals from one part of the country to another, having become faster and more commonly in vogue, the spread of contagious diseases has also become easier. Some of the animal diseases such as Tuberculosis and Rabies are zoonotic in nature, ie. these are communicable to human beings. While creating awareness of animal diseases and popularisation of measures such as vaccination, to some extent, contribute to control the diseases, no appreciabie results could be achieved unless the law relating to animal diseases has a nation-wide impact. 4. It is, therefore, proposed to enact a suitable legislation by Parliament under article 253 of the Constitution for the prevention of infectious and contagious diseases in animals which will be a uniform law throughout the country. The proposed legislaltion will take care of outbreak of diseases in animals and provide for effectively controlling and containing infectious and contagious animal diseases including zoonotic diseases and thus prevent the spread of such diseases. 5. The proposed legislation, inter alia, seeks to provide for—
    • (i) monitoring, effective control and containment of infectious and contagious diseases which normally afflict animals so as to prevent the spread o fthe diseases and in due course eradicate them from the nation as a whole;
    • (ii) spelling out the diseases and declare certain areas as “controlled area” vis-àvis any particular disease; (iii)getting freedom from a specific disease in respect of the specified areas for facilitating the international trade of livestock and livestock products;
    • (iv) effective control, containment and eradication of infectious diseases from the country, by declaring the controlled areas;
    • (v) imposing of restrictions to regulate the movement of diseased animals;
    • (vi) allowing free movement of vaccinated and marked animals within the specified
    • (vii) ensuring protection from disease and eliminating the possibility of spreading of infection to healthy animals:
    • (viii) facilitating the implementation of the regulatory measures by providing check posts and quarantine stations. 6. The Notes on clauses explain in detail the various provisions contained in the Bill. 7. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objects. SHARAD PAWAR. NEW DELHI; The 8th December, 2005.

¹ Subs. by Act 8 of 2026, s. 2 and Sch., for “THE SCHEDULE” (w.e.f. 01-07-2026).