The Bombay Diseases of Animals Act, 1948.
State Act of Maharashtra ยท Act 59 of 194839 provisions
The enactment
| Type | Act |
|---|---|
| Citation | Act 59 of 1948 |
| Year | 1948 |
| Jurisdiction | State of Maharashtra |
| Ministry | Govt of Maharashtra |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 39 |
| Subjects | agriculture |
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- Section 1 Short title.
- Section 2 Extent and commencement.
- Section 3 Definitions.
- Section 4 Appointment of Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors.
- Section 5 Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors to be public servants.
- Section 5A Eradication of diseases in certain areas.
- Section 6 Power to prohibit or regulate import, export or transport of, holding of markets, fairs, etc. of, and traffic in, infective animals, etc.
- Section 7 Establishment of quarantine stations.
- Section 8 Power to isolate infective animals and their examination.
- Section 9 Power of Veterinary Surgeons to examine animals.
- Section 10 Compensation for animals destroyed.
- Section 11 Declaration of private infected places and examination of such places by Veterinary Surgeon.
- Section 12 Declaration of public infected places.
- Section 13 Power of State Government to declare infected areas.
- Section 14 Removal of animals and other things from infected area or place prohibited without licence.
- Section 15 Power to require animals, etc., to be brought to infected areas.
- Section 16 Cleansing and disinfection of vessels and vehicles.
- Section 17 Power to require disinfection of infected premises, vessels or vehicles.
- Section 18 Power of Veterinary Surgeon to hold post-mortem.
- Section 19 Duty of certain persons to report scheduled disease.
- Section 19A Duty of person in charge to isolate infective animals.
- Section 20 Keeping or grazing infective animal prohibited.
- Section 21 Bringing of infective animals in market, etc., prohibited.
- Section 22 Placing of carcass of infective animals in river, etc., prohibited.
- Section 23 Disinterring without lawful authority carcass of animal prohibited.
- Section 24 Powers of entry and inspection.
- Section 25 Enforcement of orders and recovery of expenses.
- Section 26 Power of Inspector to decide whether or not animal is infective.
- Section 27 Penalties.
- Section 28 Penalty for placing carcass of infective animal in river, etc.
- Section 29 Penalty for vexatious entry, inspection and seizure.
- Section 30 Officers bound to assist Inspectors and Veterinary Surgeons.
- Section 31 Powers of arrest and seizure.
- Section 32 Jurisdiction of Magistrate.
- Section 33 Bar of claim to compensation.
- Section 34 Officers to act subject to orders of Government.
- Section 35 Protection for action taken under this Act.
- Section 36 Rules.
- Section 37 Power of State Government to add to the Schedule.
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