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the_prevention_of_cruelty_to_animals_act,_1960.pdf
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- Jurisdiction
- puducherry
- Enactment date
- 1960-12-26
- Sections available
- 44
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1Short title, extent and commencement.→2Definitions.→3Duties of persons having charge of animals.→4Establishment of Animal Welfare Board of India.→5Constitution of the Board.→5AReconstitution of the Board.→6Term of office and conditions of service of members of the Board.→7Secretary and other employees of the Board.→8Funds of the Board.→9Functions of the Board .→10Power of Board to make regulations.→11Treating animals cruelly.→12Penalty for practising phooka or doom dev.→13Destruction of suffering animals.→14Experiments on animals.→15Committee for control and supervision of experiments on animals.→15ASub-committees.→16Staff of the Committee.→17Duties of the Committee and power of the Committee to make rules relating to experiments on animals.→18Power of entry and inspection.→19Power to prohibit experiments on animals.→20Penalties.→21“Exhibit” and “train” defined.→22Restriction on exhibition and training of performing animals.→23Procedure for registration.→24Power of court to prohibit or restrict exhibition and training of performing animals.→25Power to enter premises.→26Offences.→27Exemptions.→28Saving as respects manner of killing prescribed by religion.→29Power of court to deprive person convicted of ownership of animal.→30Presumption as to guilt in certain cases.→31Cognizability of offences.→32Power of search and seizure.→33Search warrants.→34General power of seizure for examination.→35Treatment and care of animals.→36Limitation of prosecutions.→37Delegation of powers.→38Power to make rules.→38ARules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.→39Persons authorised under section 34 to be public servants.→40Indemnity.→41Repeal of Act 11 of 1890.→
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