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Section 20: Penalties

The-Prevention-of-Cruelty-to-Animals-Act-1960State Act of Madhya Pradesh · Act 0 of 1960

If any person -

(a) contravener any order made by the Committee under section 19; or

(b) commits a breach of any condition imposed by the Committee under that section.

(c) he shall be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees and when the contravention or he each of condition has taken place in any institution, the person is charge of the institution shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be punishable accordingly.

(*) In the States of Maharashtra and Gujarat Police Officers are authorized to arrest without a warrant any person committing an offence punishable under S. 3,3-A, 4,7,5,6 or 6-C of the Act - See Bombay Police Act, 1951 (Bom.Act XXII of 1951), Section.

CHAPTER - V PERFORMING ANIMALS

21. "Exhibit" and train defined- In this chapter, "exhibit" means exhibit at any entertainment to which the public are admitted through sale of tickets and train means train for the purpose of any such exhibition, and the expressions exhibitor and trainer have respectively the corresponding meantime's.

Note:-In the Act of 1890 there is no provision relating to performing animals.

Where this provision sits

ActThe-Prevention-of-Cruelty-to-Animals-Act-1960
Section20
Marginal notePenalties
JurisdictionState of Madhya Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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