(1) The Punjab Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 (Punjab Act No.15 of 1956) as applicable to the State of Haryana is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the repealed Act and the rules made thereunder, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act.
(3) The Haryana Prohibition of Cow Slaughter Rules, 1972 framed under the said Act shall be deemed to have been framed under this Act till new rules are framed under this Act.
_________ KULDIP JAIN, Secretary to Government, Haryana, Law and Legislative Department.
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PART - I HARYANA GOVERNMENT LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT Notification The 31st October, 2019 No. Leg.38/2019.— The following Act of the Legislature of the State of Haryana received the assent of the Governor of Haryana on the 17th September, 2019 and is hereby published for general information:- HARYANA ACT NO. 36 OF 2019 THE HARYANA GAUVANSH SANRAKSHAN AND GAUSAMVARDHAN (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2019 AN ACT further to amend the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Seventieth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. This Act may be called the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan (Amendment) Act, 2019.
Short title.
2. In section 2 of the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015 (hereinafter called the principal Act),-
(i) for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- „(a) “beef” means flesh of cow in any form including in sealed container;‟;
(ii) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- „(c) “cow” means cow and its progeny (any economic or uneconomic) including bull, bullock, ox, heifer or calf whether disabled, diseased or barren;‟;
(iii) for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- „(e) “department” means the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department, Haryana;
(iv) in clause (n),- (A) for the sign “.”, existing at the end, the sign “;” shall be substituted; and (B) after clause (n), the following clause shall be added, namely:- „(o) “Vehicle” means a conveyance used for transportation of people, livestock or goods, specially on land, such as two-wheeler, car, tractor trolley, lorry, any carrier or cart.‟.
Amendment of section 2 of Haryana Act 20 of 2015.
3. In sub-section (1) of section 16 of the principal Act,-
(i) in clause (a), for the word “cows”, the words “cow or beef” shall be substituted;
(ii) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “(b) seize cow or beef in respect of which he suspects that any provision of this Act has been, is being or is about to be contravened, along with the vehicle in which such cow or beef is found, and thereafter take all measures necessary for securing the production of the cow or beef so seized, in a court and for the safe custody pending such production;”;
(iii) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “(c) enter and search any premises used or intended to be used for the slaughter of cow and seize cow or beef and collect evidence from the spot including instruments and documents used or intended to be used regarding activities related to slaughter and export of cow or beef.”.
Amendment of section 16 of Haryana Act 20 of 2015.
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4. In section 17 of the principal Act,-
(i) in sub-section (1), for the word “confiscated”, the word “seized” shall be substituted;
(ii) for sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:- “(2) Where any vehicle referred to in sub-section (1) is seized in connection with the commission of any offence punishable under this Act, a report about the same, without unreasonable delay, shall be made by the person seizing it to the competent authority and whether or not a prosecution is instituted for commission of such offence, the competent authority, having jurisdiction over the area where the said vehicle was seized, may, if satisfied that the said vehicle was used for commission of offence under this Act, order confiscation of the said vehicle:
Provided that before ordering confiscation of the said vehicle, a reasonable opportunity of being heard shall be afforded to the owner of the said vehicle.”.
ARADHANA SAWHNEY, ADDITIONAL L.R. AND SPECIAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA, LAW AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
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