The Goa Diseases of Animals Act, 1974

 

 

 

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GOVERNMENT OF GOA 

Law and Judiciary Department 

— 
Notification 

LD/Bill/15/74 

The following Act passed by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu which 

received the assent of the Administrator of Goa, Daman and Diu on 3rd June, 1974 is 

hereby published for general information. 

M. S. Borkar, Under Secretary (Law). 

Panaji, 5th June, 1974. 

 

The Goa Diseases of Animals Act, 1974 

(Act No. 9 of 1974) [3rd June, 1974] 

 

An Act to provide for the eradication, prevention and control of diseases affecting 

animals. 

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu in the Twenty-fifth 

Year of the Republic of India as follows: 

PART I 

Preliminary 

1. Short title, extent and commencement.— (1) This Act shall be called the Goa, 

Diseases of Animals Act, 1974. 

(2) It shall extent to the whole of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu. 

(3) This section, section 2 and section 5 shall come into force at once. The 

Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that all 

or any of the remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force in such area in respect 

of such scheduled disease and on such date as may be specified in the notification and 

may, by similar notification, direct that such provisions shall cease to be in force in any 

area from such date as may be specified therein. 

2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 

(a) “animal” means any domesticated animal or bird, or any animal or bird kept in 

confinement; 

(b) “export” means to take out of the Union territory, otherwise than across 

a customs frontier; 

(c) “Government” means the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu; 

(d) “import” means to bring into the Union territory, otherwise than across 

a customs frontier; 

(e) “infective animal” means an animal which is affected with a scheduled disease 

or has recently been in contact with or in close proximity to an animal so affected; 

(f) “Inspector” means an Inspector appointed under section 3; 



 

 

 

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(g) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules; 

(h) “rules” means rules made under section 37; 

(i) “scheduled disease” means any disease specified in the schedule; 

(j) “transport” means to remove to one place from another place within the Union 

territory; 

(k) “Union territory” means Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu; 

(l) “Veterinary Surgeon” means the Veterinary Surgeon appointed under section 3. 

3. Appointment of Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors.— (1) The Government 

may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint requisite number of persons to be 

Veterinary Surgeons for the purpose of this Act for the whole of the Union territory. 

(2) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint requisite 

number of persons to be Inspectors for all or any of the purposes of this Act and specify 

the area within which he shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of an Inspector 

under this Act. 

(3) A Veterinary Surgeon may exercise all the powers which an Inspector shall 

exercise under this Act, in addition to his powers as Veterinary Surgeon. 

4. Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors to be public servants.— Veterinary 

Surgeons and Inspectors appointed under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants 

within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (XLV of 1860). 

PART II 

Eradication, Prevention and Control of Scheduled Diseases 

 

5. Eradication of diseases in certain areas.— (1) The Government, with the object of 

eradicating as far as practicable any scheduled diseases, may, by notification in the 

Official Gazette— 

 

(a) declare any local area to be an eradication area, and thereupon in such area any 

class or classes of animals specified in the notification shall be liable to be immunized in 

the manner described in the notification, and shall also for the purposes of identification 

be marked in the prescribed manner; and 

 

(b) prohibit or regulate the movement of any class or classes of animals into, or out 

of, or within, any local area which is for the time being declared to be an eradication 

area. 

 

(2) For the purpose of immunizing any animal as provided in sub-section (1) the 

Veterinary Surgeon or Inspector may, by notice in writing served on any person, or 

published in any such local area or part thereof, in the manner prescribed, require any 

person or all persons, as the case may be, who own or are in charge of any such animal to 

produce the animal for immunization and marking at such time and place as is specified 

in the notice, and thereupon the person, or all persons, to whom the notice refers shall 

comply with the requisition, and shall also give all reasonable facilities and assistance for 

carrying out the immunization and marking: 

 

Provided that, on an application made by the owner, or any person having charge of 

any animal required to be immunized and marked, the Veterinary Surgeon or Inspector 



 

 

 

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may, for good and sufficient reason, exempt any animal from such immunization or 

marking and he shall, if so requested, furnish in writing to the owner, or person in charge 

of such animal, the reason for such exemption. 

Explanation.— “Immunization” for the purpose of this section means treatment with 

serum, or with both vaccine and serum. 

6. Power to prohibit or regulate import, export or transport of, holding of 

markets, fairs etc. and traffic in infective animals etc.— (1) The Government may, for 

the purpose of preventing the outbreak or spread of any scheduled disease, by notification 

in the Official Gazette, prohibit, control or regulate in such manner and to such extent as 

it may think fit; 

(a) the import, export or transport of any animals or the carcasses thereof, or of any 

part of animals or carcasses thereof or of any fodder, bedding or other thing used in 

connection with animals, which may, in the opinion of the Government, carry 

infection, or 

(b) the holding of animal markets, animal fairs, animal exhibitions or other 

concentration of animals in any specified area, 

(c) the sale or other dealings in, infective animal or the carcasses of animals, which 

at the time of their death were infective, or any fodder, bedding or other thing used in 

connection with such animals which may, in the opinion of the Government, carry 

infection. 

 

(2) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify the season or 

seasons during which and the route or routes by which animals may be imported into the 

Union territory, and no person shall import animals into the Union territory otherwise 

than during the season and by the route so appointed. 

7. Establishment of quarantine stations.— (1) The Government may establish 

quarantine station for the inspection and detention of animals along the route appointed 

under sub-section (2) of section 6. 

 

(2) All animals inspected or detained at a quarantine station shall be liable— 

(a) to be vaccinated against any scheduled disease if in the opinion of the officer in 

charge of such station it is necessary to do so; and 

(b) to be marked in the prescribed manner. 

 

(3) The period of detention of animals at a quarantine station for the purpose of 

inspection, vaccination and marking shall be such as may be prescribed. 

(4) The animals detained at a quarantine station shall remain under the care of the 

person in charge who shall be responsible for their feeding and upkeep and for the 

payment of such fee for their vaccination and marking as may be prescribed. 

 

(5) The officer in charge of the quarantine station shall, at the time of release of an 

animal from the station, grant in such form as may be prescribed a permit to the person in 

charge of the animal and such person shall, while in charge of the animal, produce it 

whenever required to do so by an Inspector or a Police Officer. 



 

 

 

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8. Power to isolate infective animals and their examination.— (1) Where an 

Inspector has reason to believe that any animal is infective he may, by order in writing, 

direct the owner or person in charge of such animal to keep it where it is for the time 

being or to remove it or allow it to be removed to such place of isolation or segregation 

as may be specified in the order: 

Provided that where there is no person in charge of the animal and the owner is 

unknown, or where the order cannot be communicated to the owner of the animal without 

undue delay or where the person in charge of the animal refuses to comply with the order 

under this sub-section, the Inspector may seize the animal and remove it to a place of 

isolation or segregation. 

(2) The Inspector shall forthwith report to the Veterinary Surgeon every order or 

seizure under sub-section (1). 

9. Power of Veterinary Surgeon to examine animals.— (1) On receipt of a 

report under sub-section (2) of section 8 the Veterinary Surgeon shall, as soon as 

practicable, examine the animal and all animals with which it has been in contact or 

which it has been in close proximity, and for this purpose may submit an animal to any 

prescribed test. 

(2) If after such examination the Veterinary Surgeon,— 

(a) is of opinion that any animal is not infective, the Inspector shall forthwith return 

it to the person, who, in his opinion, is entitled to its possession: 

Provided that where such person cannot, in the opinion of the Inspector, be found 

after reasonable inquiry, he shall send the animal to the nearest cattle pound or deal 

with it in such other manner as may be prescribed. 

(b) certifies in writing that any animal is affected with a scheduled disease the 

Inspector shall destroy the animal, or deal with it in such other manner as may be 

prescribed, or 

(c) certifies in writing that any animal is infective, though not diseased, the animal 

shall be dealt with in such manner as may be prescribed. 

(3) The decision of the Veterinary Surgeon whether any animal has been in contact 

with or in close proximity to an animal suspected to be affected with a scheduled disease 

shall be final. 

10. Compensation for animals destroyed.— (1) The owner of an animal destroyed 

under sub-section (2) of section 9 may be paid such compensation as shall be determined 

in the manner prescribed: 

 

Provided that no compensation shall be paid — 

 

(i) to any person convicted of any offence punishable under this Act committed in 

respect of such animal; or 

(ii) in respect of any animal which, when it was imported, was affected with a 

scheduled disease on account of which it was destroyed. 

(2) The decision under sub-section (1) regarding the right of a person to be paid any 

compensation or the amount of such compensation shall be final. 

 



 

 

 

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11. Declaration of private infected places and examination of such places by 

Veterinary Surgeon.— (1) If an Inspector has reason to believe that an infective animal 

is kept on any land, or in any building or other place, he shall, forthwith, by order in 

writing, declare such land, building or place to be an infected place. The Inspector shall 

deliver a copy of the order to the owner, occupier or person in charge of the infected 

place and report his action to the Veterinary Surgeon: 

Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any place which is owned by or 

is under the control or management of, any local authority or a railway administration or 

a port authority and in which animals are kept temporarily for purposes of sale or 

exhibition or while in transit. 

 

(2) On receipt of a report under sub-section (1), the Veterinary Surgeon shall, as soon 

as practicable, examine the infected place and the animals kept therein. After such 

examination, he shall either confirm or cancel the order passed by the Inspector. 

(3) If the Veterinary Surgeon confirms the order passed by the Inspector, he may 

declare all places in which animals are kept, temporarily or otherwise, within a radius not 

exceeding one mile from the infected place, to be infected places. The Veterinary 

Surgeon shall give a written notice of such declaration to the owners, occupiers or 

persons in charge of such places. The Veterinary Surgeon shall thereafter report the 

action taken by him under this section to the Government. 

(4) If the Veterinary Surgeon cancels the order passed by the Inspector, the place 

specified in such order shall cease to be an infected place and the Inspector shall give 

notice accordingly to the owner, occupier or person in charge of such place. 

12. Declaration of public infected places.— (1) Where the Veterinary Surgeon has 

reason to believe that an infective animal is or has been kept in any place which is owned 

by or is under the control or management of any local authority or railway administration 

or a port authority and in which animals are kept temporarily for purposes of sale or 

exhibition or while in transit, he may, by order in writing, declare such place to be an 

infected place. 

(2) The Veterinary Surgeon shall — 

(a) cause a copy of the order passed by him under sub-section (1) to be exhibited 

prominently in the infected place in the regional language of the locality; 

(b) cause a copy of such order to be delivered at the office of the local authority or 

to the station master of the nearest railway station or to the officer in charge of the port 

or in charge of a shipping office at such port, as the case may be; 

(c) cause a copy of the order to be sent to the nearest police station; and 

(d) forthwith report the action taken by him to the Government. 

13. Power of Government to declare infected areas.— (1) The Government on 

receipt of the report may — 

(a) confirm the declaration under sub-section (1) or (3) of section 11 or sub-section 

(1) of section 12, either with or without modification; or 

(b) cancel any such declaration. 



 

 

 

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(2) Where the Government confirms any such declaration, either with or without 

modification, a notification shall be published in the Official Gazette defining the limits 

of the area to which the declaration with the modifications, if any, made therein, shall 

apply and declaring such area to be an infected area. 

(3) The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, add to, amend, vary 

or rescind any notification published under sub-section (2) either on its motion or on a 

further report of the Veterinary Surgeon submitted to it. 

(4) On publication of a notification under sub-section (2) or (3), any place declared by 

the Inspector or the Veterinary Surgeon to be an infected place and not included in the 

infected area as defined in such notification shall cease to be an infected place and the 

Inspector shall give notice accordingly to the owner, occupier or persons in charge of 

such place. 

 

(5) The Inspector shall cause to be exhibited in some prominent place in the infected 

area and in the regional language thereof a copy of the notification issued under sub- 

-section (2) or (3). 

(6) Where the Government cancels any declaration referred to in sub-section (2), any 

place specified in such declaration shall cease to be an infected place and the Inspector 

shall give notice accordingly to all persons to whom copies of such declaration were 

delivered or on whom notices of such declaration were served. 

(7) The Government may, subject to such conditions, if any, as it thinks fit, delegate all 

or any of its powers under this section to the Collector of a District; and thereupon all or, 

as the case may be, the relevant provisions of this section, shall apply in relation to such 

officer as they apply in relation to the Government. 

14. Removal of animals and other things from infected area or place prohibited 

without licence.— (1) Where any area or place has been declared to be an infected area 

or place under the foregoing provisions, no person shall, while such a declaration remains 

in force, remove any infected animal, alive or dead, or any part of an animal or any feed, 

bedding or other thing used in connection with an animal, save in accordance with the 

conditions of a licence granted by the Inspector. 

(2) Nothing contained in sub-section (1) shall apply to the carriage by a railway, of 

any animal or thing referred to in that sub-section through an infected area or place: 

Provided that where any such animal or thing, while in transit through an infected area 

or place, is unloaded therein, it shall not be removed therefrom save in accordance with 

the provisions of sub-section (1). 

15. Power to require animals, etc. to be brought to infected areas.— Where any 

animal or thing referred to in section 14 is removed from an infected area or place 

otherwise than in accordance with the conditions of a licence granted under the said 

section 14, any Inspector or Police Office may require the owner or person in charge of 

such animal or thing to take to such area or place: 

Provided that nothing in this section shall affect the powers of an Inspector under 

section 8 to deal with infective animals. 

 



 

 

 

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16. Cleansing and disinfection of vessels and vehicles.— (1) Every vessel or vehicle 

used by a common carrier for the transport of animal shall be cleansed and disinfected by 

him at such periods and in such manner as may be prescribed. 

(2) The person in charge of every such vessel or vehicle shall, when required to do so 

by an Inspector, cause the vessel or vehicle to be taken to such place as the Inspector may 

direct and to stop and remain stationary for so long as may reasonably be necessary for 

the purpose of enabling the Inspector to inspect such vessel or vehicle. The Inspector 

may, after such inspection, if in his opinion the vessel or vehicle is not in a sanitary 

condition, require it to be cleansed and disinfected in the prescribed manner. 

(3) Nothing in this section shall apply to the rolling stock of any railway. 

17. Power to require disinfection of infected premises, vessels or vehicles.— 

Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, the Veterinary Surgeon may, by order in 

writing, require the owner, occupier or person in charge of any land, building or other 

place or of any vessel or vehicle in which an infective animal has been kept, to have such 

land, building, place, vessel or vehicle disinfected, and the internal fittings thereof and 

other things found therein or near thereto to be disinfected or destroyed in such manner 

and to such extent as may be specified in the order. 

 

18. Power of Veterinary Surgeon to hold post-mortem.— Subject to such rules as 

may be prescribed, the Veterinary Surgeon may make or cause to be made a post-mortem 

examination of any animal which at the time of its death was, or is suspected to have 

been, infective, and for this purpose he may cause the carcass of such animal to be 

exhumed. 

 

19. Duty of certain persons to report scheduled diseases.— Every owner or person 

in charge, and every Veterinary practitioner who has been called to treat an animal which 

he has reason to believe to be affected with a scheduled disease, shall forthwith report the 

fact to the Inspector having jurisdiction in the area. 

 

20. Duty of person in charge to isolate infected animals.— Every owner or person 

in charge of an animal which he has reason to believe to be affected with a scheduled 

disease, shall keep that animal in a closed space separate from animals not so affected. 

Explanation.— “Closed space” for the purpose of this section means any place, 

enclosed in such manner, and situated at such distance, as to effectively prevent any 

animal affected with a scheduled disease from coming into contact with any animal not so 

affected, or any animal not so affected from coming into contact with an animal so 

affected. 

21. Keeping or grazing infective animals prohibited.— No person shall keep or 

graze in open or unenclosed land to which other persons have a right of access for their 

animals, any animal which he knows to be infective. 

22. Bringing of infective animals in market, etc. prohibited.— No person shall 

bring or attempt to bring into any market, fair, exhibition or other concentration of 

animals, any animal which he knows to be infective. 

23. Placing of carcass of infective animals in river, etc. prohibited.— No person 

shall place or cause or permit to be placed in any river, lake, canal or other water or in the 

sea within such distance from the shore, as may be prescribed, the carcass or any part of 

the carcass of any animal which at the time of its death was infective or which was 



 

 

 

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destroyed on account of its being infective or suspected to be infective. 

24. Disinterring without lawful authority, carcass of animal prohibited.— No 

person shall, without lawful authority, disinter or cause to be disinterred the carcass or 

any part of the carcass of any animal which at the time of its death was infective or which 

was destroyed on account of its being infective or suspected to be infective. 

 

25. Powers of entry and inspection.— Subject to such rules as may be prescribed, an 

Inspector may enter upon and inspect any land, building or other place or any vessel or 

vehicle for the purpose of exercising the powers and performing the duties conferred or 

imposed on him by or under this Act. 

26. Enforcement of orders and recovery of expenses.— (1) Whereby any notice, 

requisition or order made under this Act or under any rule or notification issued 

thereunder, any person is required to take any measures or to do anything in respect of 

any property owned or occupied by him or in his charge, a reasonable time shall be 

specified in such notice, requisition or order within which such measures shall be taken or 

such things shall be done, as the case may be. 

(2) If such measures are not taken or such thing is not done within the time so 

specified, the authority issuing the notice, requisition or order, may cause the measures to 

be taken or the thing to be done at the cost of the person concerned. 

(3) The cost of any measures taken or thing done under sub-section (2) shall be 

recoverable from the person concerned in the manner provided by the Code of Criminal 

Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898) for the recovery of fines imposed by a Court as if such cost 

were a fine imposed by a Court. 

27. Power of Inspector to decide whether or not animal is infective.— If any 

question arises under this Act whether or not an animal is an infective animal, 

the question shall be decided by the Veterinary Surgeon and his decision shall be 

final. 

28. Penalties.— Whoever,— 

(i) fails to comply with or contravenes the terms of any notification issued under 

section 5, or fails to carry out any requisition made or directions given, by or under the 

said section, or 

(ii) fails to carry out any direction specified in, or contravenes the terms of, any 

notification issued under section 6 or imports any animal in contravention of the 

provisions of sub-section (2) thereof, or 

(iii) fails to feed or look after the upkeep of the animal under sub-section (4) of 

section 7 or fails to produce the permit under sub-section (5) thereof, or 

(iv) fails to comply with an order made by an Inspector under sub-section (1) of 

section 8, or 

(v) removes any animal or thing from an infected area or place in contravention of 

the provisions of section 14, or 

(vi) fails to comply with any direction given by an Inspector or a Police Officer 

under section 15, or 



 

 

 

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(vii) fails to cleanse or disinfect any vessel, or vehicle used for removing animals in 

the manner prescribed as required under sub-section (1), or fails to cause any vessel or 

vehicle to stop and remain stationary when required to do so under sub-section (2), of 

section 16, or 

(viii) fails to comply with an order made by a Veterinary Surgeon under section 17, 

or 

(ix) fails to report that an animal is infective as required by section 19, or 

(x) fails to keep an infective animal separate as required by section 20, or 

(xi) keeps or grazes any animal which he knows to be infective in contravention of 

the provisions of section 21, or 

(xii) brings or attempts to bring any animal which he knows to be infective in 

contravention of the provisions of section 22, or 

(xiii) disinters or causes to be disinterred the carcass or any part of the carcass of 

any animal which at the time of its death was infective or was destroyed on account of 

its being infective or suspected to be infective in contravention of the provisions of 

section 24,1[shall, on conviction, be punished in the case of a first conviction 

with a fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and in the case of a 

second or subsequent conviction whether under the same or any other clause of 

this section, with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.] 

29. Penalty for placing carcass of infective animal in river, etc.— Whoever places 

or causes or permits to be placed in any river, lake, canal or other water or in the sea 

within such distance from the shore, as may be prescribed, the carcass or any part of the 

carcass of any animal which at the time of its death was infected or which was destroyed 

on account of its being infective or suspected to be infective, in contravention of the 

provisions of section 23, shall, on conviction, be punished, in the case of a first conviction 
2[with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and in the case of a 

subsequent conviction with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.] 

 

30. Penalty for vexatious entry, inspection and seizure.— (1) Whoever, being an 

Inspector or a Veterinary Surgeon, appointed under this Act, vexatiously and 

unnecessarily enters or inspects any land, building or other place or any vessel or vehicle 

or seizes or detains any animal shall, on conviction, be punished 3[ with fine which may 

extend to five thousand rupees] 
 

(2) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted after the expiry of three 

months from the date on which the offence has been committed. 

 

31. Officers bound to assist Inspectors and Veterinary Surgeons.— All Village 

Officers and all officers of the departments of revenue, agriculture and veterinary shall be 

bound— 

(a) to give immediate information to the Veterinary Surgeon and Inspector having 

jurisdiction in the area regarding the prevalence of a scheduled disease among animals 

in the area, 

(b) to take all necessary measures to prevent the spread of disease, and 



 

 

 

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(c) to assist the Veterinary Surgeon and Inspector to carry out the provisions of 

this Act. 

32. Powers of arrest and seizure.— (1) Any police officer, not below the rank of 

sub-inspector, may, without an order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest any 

person for whose arrest a requisition has been received from an Inspector or a Veterinary 

Surgeon, provided that the requisition specifies the person to be arrested, and the offence 

punishable under this Act in which such person has been concerned. 

 

(2) Such police officer may seize any animal in respect of which an offence has been 

committed, and shall without delay obtain the orders of a Judicial Magistrate for its 

custody. 

 

33. Jurisdiction of Magistrate.— No Magistrate, other than a Judicial Magistrate of 

the First Class or a Judicial Magistrate of the Second Class, especially empowered in this 

behalf by the Government, shall try any offence punishable under this Act. 

34. Bar of claim to compensation.— No person shall, except as provided for in 

section 10, be entitled to any compensation on account of the destruction of any animal or 

thing under the Act or of any loss, injury or inconvenience caused to him by reason of 

anything lawfully done under this Act. 

 

35. Officers to act subject to orders of the Government.— All officers shall 

exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on them by or under 

this Act in accordance with such orders not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as 

the Government may from time to time make. 

36. Protection of action taken under this Act.— No suit, prosecution or other legal 

proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or 

intended to be done under this Act or the rules made under this Act. 

37. Power to make rules.— (1) The Government may make rules for the purpose of 

carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. 

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, 

such rules may be made for all or any of the following matters, namely: 

(i) the manner of marking animals under sub-section (1), and the manner of serving 

or publishing notices under sub-section (2) of section 5; 

(ii) the manner of marking animals under sub-section (2), the period of detention 

under sub-section (3), the amount of fee for the vaccination and marking of 

animals under sub-section (4) and the form of permit under sub-section (5), of 

section 7; 

(iii) the test to which an animal may be submitted under sub-section (1) and 

the manner in which an animal may be dealt with under sub-section (2) of 

section 9; 

(iv) the manner in which compensation shall be determined under section 10; 

(v) the period at which and the manner in which the vessels and vehicles shall be 

cleansed and disinfected under section 16; 

(vi) for disinfecting land, building or other place or vessel or vehicle under 

section 17; 



 

 

 

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(vii) the making of post-mortem examinations under section 18; 

(viii) the distance from the shore within which carcasses shall not be placed under 

section 23; 

(ix) for regulating the powers of an Inspector under section 25. 

 

(3) In making a rule under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), the Government may 

provide that a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine which may extend in the case 

of a first conviction to Rs. 50/- and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to 

Rs. 100/-. 

(4) The rules made under this section shall, subject to the condition of previous 

publication, be published in the Official Gazette. 

(5) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, 

before the Legislative Assembly of the Union territory while it is in session for a total 

period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive 

sessions and if, before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session 

immediately following, the Assembly agrees in making any modification in the rule or 

the Assembly agrees that the rule should not be made, the rule shall have effect only in 

such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such 

modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything 

previously done under that rule. 

38. Power of Government to add to Schedule.— 

The Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify in the Schedule 

any disease affecting animals and, on the issue of such notification, the Schedule shall be 

deemed to be amended by the inclusion of the said disease therein. 

 

SCHEDULE 

 

1. Rinderpest or cattle plague 

2. Foot and Mouth Disease 

3. Haemorrhagic Septicaemia 

4. Black Quarter 

5. Anthrax 

6. Tuberculosis 

7. Johne’s Disease 

8. Rabies 

9. South African Horse Sickness 

10. Salmonellosis (i. e. ‘Fowl Typhoid’ or ‘Pullorum Disease’) 

11. Swine Fever 

 

Secretariat, B. M. MASURKAR, 

Panaji. Secretary to the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu, 

3rd June, 1974. Law and Judiciary Department. 



 

 

 

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1. Substituted in place of expression “shall, on conviction, be punished in the case of a first conviction with fine which 

may extend to one hundred rupees, and in the case of a second or subsequent conviction whether under the same or 

any other clause of this section, with simple imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or with fine 

which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both” vide Amendment Act 26 of 2022.. 

2. Substituted in place of expression “with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which 

may extend to one hundred rupees, or with both, and in the case of a subsequent conviction with imprisonment for a 

term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.” vide 

Amendment Act 26 of 2022. 

3. Substituted in place of expression “with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which 

may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.” Vide Amendment Act 26 of 2022. Vide Amendment Act 26 of 
2022. 

 


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	The Goa Diseases of Animals Act, 1974
	38. Power of Government to add to Schedule.—