239. Whenever it appears to the District Magistrate to be necessary for the preservation of the public peace or order, he may, subject to the control of the 1[Prescribed Authority] prohibit or regulate, by public notice the slaughter within the limits of a municipality of animal or animals of any specified description for purposes other than specified description for purposes other than sale and prescribe the mode and route in and by which such animals shall be brought to and meat shall be conveyed from the place of slaughter.
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