If at any time, on the advise of the Board the Central Government is of opinion that it is necessary so to do for the purpose of controlling and supervising experiments on animals or may be notification in the Official Gazette, 11 constitute a committee consisting of such number of official and nonofficial, as it may think fit to appoint thereto.
2. The Central Government shall nominate on of the members of the Committee to be its Chairman.
3. The Committee shall have power to regulate its own procedure in relation to the performance of its duties.
4. The funds of the Committee shall consist of grants made to it from time to time by the Government and of contributions donations, subscriptions, bequests, gifts and the like made to it by any person.
16. Staff of the Committee - Subject to the control of the Central Government the Committee may appoint such number of officers and other employees as may be necessary to enable it to exercise its powers and perform its duties, any may determine remuneration and other terms and conditions of service of such officers and other employees.
17. Duties of the Committee and power of the Committee to make rules relating to experiments on animals (1) It shall be the duty of the Committee to take all such measures as may be necessary to ensure that animals are not subjected to unnecessary pain or suffering before, during or after the performance of experiments on them, and for that purpose it may, by notification in the Gazette of India and subject to the condition of previous publication, make such rules as it may think fit in relating to the conduct of such experiments.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generally of the foregoing power, rules made by the committee shall be desired to secure the following objects, namely :-
(a) that in cases where experiments are performed in my institutions, the responsibility therefore is placed on person in charge of the institution and that, in cases where experiments are performed outside an institution by individuals, the individuals are qualified in that behalf and the experiments are performed on their full responsibility.
(b) that experiments are performed with due care and humanity and that as far as possible experiments involving operation are performed under the influence of some anesthetic of sufficient power to prevent the animals feeling pain;
(c) that animals which, in the course of experiments under the influence of anesthetics, are so injured that their recovery would involve serious suffering, are ordinarily destroyed while still insensible;
(d) that experiments on animals are avoided wherever it is possible to do so, as for example, in medical schools, hospitals, colleges and the like, if 12 other teaching devices such as books, models, films and the like may equally suffice;
(e) that experiments on large animals are avoided when it is possible to achieve the same results by experiments upon small laboratory animals like guinea-pigs, rabbits, frogs and rats;
(g) that, as for as possible, experiments are not performed merely for the purpose of acquiring manual skill; that as far as possible, experiments are property looked after both before and after experiments;
(h) that suitable records are maintained with respect to experiments are performed on animals.
(3) In making any under the section, the Committee shall be guided by such directions as the Central Government (consistently with the objects for which the committee is set up) may give to it, and the Central Government is hereby authorized to give such directions.
(4) All rules made by the Committee shall be binding on all individuals performing experiments outside institutions and operations in charges of institutions in which experiments are performed.
(*) For Committee for Controlling and Supervising Experiments on Animals (Administration) Rules, 1965, see Gazette of India 23-12-1965, Pt.II, Sec. 3 (ii), P. 131; and for Experiments on Animals (Control and Supervision) Rules, 1968, Pt. II Sect.3(ii), P.4302.
(18) Power of entry and inspection - For the purpose of ensuring that the rules made by it at being complied with, the Committee may authorize any of its officers or any other person in writing to inspect any institution or place where experiments are being carried on and report to it as a result of such inspection, and any officer or person so authorized may -
(a) enter at any time considered reasonable by his and inspect any institution or place in which experiments on animals are being carried on;
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(b) require any person to produce any record kept by him with respect to experiments on animals.
(19) Power to prohibit experiments on animals.- If the Committee is satisfied on the report of any office or other persona made, to it as a result of any inspection under section 18 or otherwise, that the rules made by it under section 17 are not being complied with by any person or institution carrying on experiments on animals, the Committee may, after giving an opportunity to the person or institution of being hears in the matter, by order prohibit the person or institution from carrying on any such experiments either for a specified period or indefinitely, or may allow the person of institution to 13 carry on such experiments subject to such special conditions as the Committee may think fit to impose.