In this Act unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “animal” includes birds;
1[(b) “precincts” in relation to a place of public religious worship or adoration includes all lands and buildings near such place which are ordinarily used for purposes connected with religious worship or adoration;]1
(c) “sacrifice” means the killing or maiming of any animal for the purpose 2[of any religious worship or adoration]3;
1[(d) “place of public religious worship or adoration” means any place intended for use by, or accessible to, the public or a section thereof for the purposes of religious worship or adoration.]1
1. Substituted by Act 21 of 1975 w.e.f. 15.5.1975 1[3. Sacrifice in or in precincts of any place of public religious worship or adoration or in a congregation or procession connected with religious worship, prohibited.- No person shall sacrifice any animal in any place of public religious worship or adoration or its precincts or in any congregation or procession connected with any religious worship in a public street.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section and section 4 “public street” means a road, street, way or other place, whether a thoroughfare or not, to which the public are granted access or over which they have a right to pass.]1
1. Sustituted by Act 21 of 1975 w.e.f. 15.5.1975