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Section 9: Power to slaughter dangerous and injured animals in the event of hostile attack

Civil Defence Rules 1968Central Rules · 1968

(1) In the event of the occurrence of hostile attack in the vicinity, any person authorized by the Central Government or the State Government or the State Government in this behalf may, with a view to securing the public safety or maintain public order, slaughter any animal which appears to him to be:-

(a) at large or out of control;

(b) dangerous or seriously injured.

(2) The power to slaughter an animal conferred under sub-rule (1) shall include powers-

(a) to cause or procure the animal to be slaughtered by some other person:

(b) to enter, and to authorize any such other person to enter, upon any land for the purpose of the slaughter;

(c) to remove and dispose of the carcass, or cause it to be removed and disposed of:

Provided that except where an animal is slaughtered in a place to which the public have access, the power to remove the carcass shall not be exercised if the owner of the animal is present and object.

Where this provision sits

ActCivil Defence Rules 1968
Section9
Marginal notePower to slaughter dangerous and injured animals in the event of hostile attack
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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