The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960
Central Act · Act 59 of 196044 provisions19 citing judgments
The enactment
| Long title | An Act to prevent the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on animals and for that purpose to amend the law relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals. |
|---|---|
| Type | Act |
| Citation | Act 59 of 1960 |
| Year | 1960 |
| Jurisdiction | Central |
| Ministry | Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare |
| Status | In force as published by the source |
| Provisions published | 44 |
| Subjects | agriculture |
Full text, provision by provision
Every provision below opens in full, free and without an account.
- Section 1 Short title, extent and commencement.
- Section 2 Definitions.
- Section 3 Duties of persons having charge of animals.2 citing judgments
- Section 4 Establishment of Animal Welfare Board of India.1 citing judgment
- Section 5 Constitution of the Board.3 citing judgments
- Section 5A Reconstitution of the Board.1 citing judgment
- Section 6 Term of office and conditions of service of members of the Board.
- Section 7 Secretary and other employees of the Board.
- Section 8 Funds of the Board.1 citing judgment
- Section 9 Functions of the Board .2 citing judgments
- Section 10 Power of Board to make regulations.2 citing judgments
- Section 11 Treating animals cruelly.7 citing judgments
- Section 12 Penalty for practising phooka or doom dev.
- Section 13 Destruction of suffering animals.
- Section 14 Experiments on animals.
- Section 15 Committee for control and supervision of experiments on animals.
- Section 15A Sub-committees.
- Section 16 Staff of the Committee.
- Section 17 Duties of the Committee and power of the Committee to make rules relating to experiments on animals.
- Section 18 Power of entry and inspection.
- Section 19 Power to prohibit experiments on animals.
- Section 20 Penalties.
- Section 21 “Exhibit” and “train” defined.
- Section 22 Restriction on exhibition and training of performing animals.
- Section 23 Procedure for registration.
- Section 24 Power of court to prohibit or restrict exhibition and training of performing animals.
- Section 25 Power to enter premises.
- Section 26 Offences.
- Section 27 Exemptions.
- Section 28 Saving as respects manner of killing prescribed by religion.
- Section 29 Power of court to deprive person convicted of ownership of animal.
- Section 30 Presumption as to guilt in certain cases.
- Section 31 Cognizability of offences.
- Section 32 Power of search and seizure.
- Section 33 Search warrants.
- Section 34 General power of seizure for examination.
- Section 35 Treatment and care of animals.
- Section 36 Limitation of prosecutions.
- Section 37 Delegation of powers.
- Section 38 Power to make rules.
- Section 38A Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.
- Section 39 Persons authorised under section 34 to be public servants.
- Section 40 Indemnity.
- Section 41 Repeal of Act 11 of 1890.
Find the provision, not just read it
The full text above is free, and it stays free. What a free CourtMesh account adds is everything you cannot do by reading one page at a time:
- Search 49,000+ Central and State enactments by what a provision says, not by its number
- Jump from any section to every judgment that has applied it
- Search 300 million+ Indian court records alongside the statute
- Ask a research agent to find and read the case law on a provision for you
Free account. No card. About a minute to create.
Create a free accountNeed this as data, not as a page? The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 is one of 49,000+ enactments on CourtMesh. The Indian court cases API serves the case law that cites these provisions over JSON, with API documentation and plans and pricing. See also the judgment library.