Section 34 — General power of seizure for examination.

34. General power of seizure for examination.―Any police officer above the rank of a 

constable or any person authorised by the State Government in this behalf, who has reason to believe 

that an offence against this Act has been or is being, committed in respect of any animal, may, if in his 

opinion the circumstances so require, seize the animal and produce the same for examination by the 

nearest magistrate or by such veterinary officer as may be prescribed, and such police officer or 

authorised person may, when seizing the animal, require the person in charge thereof to accompany it 

to the place of examination.