(1) Any police officer, not below the rank of sub-Inspector, may, without an order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest any person for whose arrest a requisition has been received from an Inspector or a Veterinary Surgeon, provided that the requisition specifies the person to be arrested and the offence which such person is alleged to have committed under this Act.
(2) Such Police Officer may seize any animal in respect of which an offence is alleged to have been committed and shall without delay obtain the orders of a judicial Magistrate for its custody.
33. No Magistrate, other than a Magistrate of the First Class shall try any offence punishable under this Act.
34. No person shall except as provided for in section 10 be entitled to any compensation on account of the destruction of any animal or thing under provisions of this Act, or of any loss, injury or inconvenience caused to him by reason of anything lawfully done under this Act.
35. The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified, in the notification, authorise any officer or authority subordinate to the State Government to exercise all or any of the powers conferred on the State Government by or under this Act.
Penalty of placing carcass of infective animals in river, etc.
Penalty for vexations entry, inspection and seizure.
Officers bound to assist Inspectors and Veterinary Surgeons.
Powers of arrest and seizure.
Jurisdiction of Magistrate.
Bar of claim to compensation.
Delegation of powers.
[1963 : Guj. XXVII Gujarat Diseases of Animals (Control) Act, 1963.
36. All officers shall exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred and imposed on them by or under this Act, in accordance with such orders, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as the State Government may from time to time make.
37. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules made under this Act.