Section 1: Short title, extent, commencement and application.

The Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, 1976.State Act of Maharashtra · Act 9 of 1977

(1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, 1976.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

(4) It shall apply to cows [bulls or bullocks] and to scheduled animals.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act, 1976.
Section	1
Marginal note	Short title, extent, commencement and application.
Jurisdiction	State of Maharashtra
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

other. 15th day of April 1978, vide G. N., A and C.D., No. SIT-1076/28233/3-ADF, dated the 13th April 1978.
inserted, Mah. 5 of 2015. These words were inserted by Mah. 5 of 2015, s. 4.

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