(1) A% person desiring to slaughter or offer for slaughter or cause to be slaughtered or offered for slaughter, a bull or bullock, may apply to the competent authority within whose jurisdiction he resides, for a certificate for the purpose.
(2) Every application under sub-section (1) shall be in the prescribed form and shall contain the prescribed particulars.
(3) On receipt of any such application, the competent authority may,, after malting such inquiries as it thinks fit and after satisfying itself that—
(a) the bull or bullock, as the case may be, is over the age of fifteen years; or
(b) in the case of a bull, it has become permanently unfit and unserviceable for the purpose of breeding and in the case of a bullock, it has become permanently unfit and unserviceable for the purpose of draught or any kind of agricultural operation, issue a certificate to the effect that the bull or bullock, as the case may be, is fit for slaughter:
Provided that where the permanent unfitness or unserviceability of a bull or bullock has been caused deliberately, the bull or bullock shall not be deemed to be permanently unfit or unserviceable for the purpose of this sub-section.
(4) Where the competent authority issues or refuses to issue a certificate, it shall record in writing the reasons therefor.
(5) Where the competent authority issues a certificate, it shall specify therein the place at which the bull or bullock may be slaughtered and the applicant shall not slaughter the bull or bullock at any plrfce other than the place mentioned in the certificate,
5. Any person aggrieved by the refusal of the competent authority to issue a certificate under section 4 may, within the prescribed period, prefer an appeal to the Chief Commissioner and the Chief Commissioner shall, after giving the appellant an opportunity of being heard, dispose of the appeal as expeditiously as possible.
6. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for rhe time being in force, no person shall sell or transport, or offer for sale or transport, or cause to be sold or transported, beef or beef-products in any form except for such medicinal purposes as may be prescribed or for consumption by a bona fide passenger in an afrcraft.
IHUC of certificate for slaughter of bulls and bullock*.
Appeal.
Prohibition of gale of beef.
4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II 7w (1) Nothing in this Regulation shall apply to the slaughter of a cow, bull or bullockfa) which is suffering from any contagious or infectious disease notified as such by the Chief Commissioner; or
(b) which is subjected to experimentation in. the interest of medical or public health research:
Provided that the slaughtering is done under such circumstances and in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed.
(2) Where a cow, bull or bullock is slaughtered on the ground specified in clause (a) of sub-section (I), the person who slaughter* or causes to be slaughtered such cow, bull or bullock shall, within twenty-four hours of the slaughter, lodge information of the same at the nearest police station or before such officer as may be prescribed and its carcass shall be buried or disposed of in such manner as may be prescribed.
8. There shall be established by the Chief Commissioner or by any local authority, whenever directed to do so by the Chief Commissioner, such institutions as may be necessary for taking care of uneconomic cows.
9. The Chief Commissioner or the local authority, as the case may be, may levy such charges or fees as may be prescribed for keeping uneconomic cows in the institutions established under section 8:
Provided that in no case such charges or fees in respect of any ouch cow shall exceed the actual cost of keeping that cow.