(1) Whenever any animal in the charge of any person dies otherwise than by slaughter either for sale or for some religious purpose, the person incharge thereof shall within twenty-four hours either––
(a) convey the carcass to a place, if any, fixed by the municipality under section 154 for the disposal of the dead bodies of animals or to any place at least one kilometre beyond the limits of municipal area ;
(b) give notice of the death to the municipality whereupon the municipality shall cause the carcass to be disposed of.
(2) In respect of the disposal of the dead body of an animal under clause (b) of sub-section (1) the municipality may charge such fees as the municipality may, by public notice have prescribed.
(3) For the purposes of this section the word “animal” shall be deemed to mean all homed cattle, elephants, camels, horses, ponies, asses, mules, deer, sheep, goats, swine and other large animals.
(4) Any person bound to act in accordance with sub-section (1) of this section shall, if he fails so to act, be punishable with a fine which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and more than one thousand rupees.
(a) convey the carcass to a place, if any, fixed by the municipality under section 154 for the disposal of the dead bodies of animals or to any place at least one kilometre beyond the limits of municipal area ;
(b) give notice of the death to the municipality whereupon the municipality shall cause the carcass to be disposed of.
(2) In respect of the disposal of the dead body of an animal under clause (b) of sub-section (1) the municipality may charge such fees as the municipality may, by public notice have prescribed.
(3) For the purposes of this section the word “animal” shall be deemed to mean all homed cattle, elephants, camels, horses, ponies, asses, mules, deer, sheep, goats, swine and other large animals.
(4) Any person bound to act in accordance with sub-section (1) of this section shall, if he fails so to act, be punishable with a fine which shall not be less than one hundred rupees and more than one thousand rupees.
आगे पढ़ें / Continue reading
Explore the next section or browse this act in the selected language.
Next · Section 174Powers in connection with streets →All sections / सभी धाराएँTHE JAMMU AND KASHMIR MUNICIPAL ACT, 2000 →
More sections of this act
Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 2A · Substitution of expression.Section 3 · Classification of municipalities.Section 4 · Procedure for declaring muni-cipal area.Section 5 · Notification of intention to include a local area in a municipal area.Section 6 · Notification of intention to exclude local area from a municipal area.Section 7 · Exclusion of local area from a municipal area.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 13 Oct 2026. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.