(1) Except as hereinafter provided, no person shall slaughter or cause to be slaughtered, or offer or cause to be offered for slaughter --
(a) a cow, or
(b) a bull or bullock, unless he had obtained in respect thereof a certificate in writing from the competent authority of the area in which the bull or bullock is to be slaughtered, certifying that it is fit for slaughter, in any place in the Union territory notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or an usage or custom to the contrary.
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(2) No bull or bullock in respect of which a certificate has been issued under clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be slaughtered at any place other than the place specified in the certificate.
(3) A certificate under clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be issued by the competent authority only after it has, for reasons to be recorded in writing, certified that ---
(a) the bull or bullock is over the age of fifteen years, or
(b) in the case of a bull, it has become permanently unfit and unserviceable for the purpose of breeding and, in the case of a bullock, it has become permanently unfit and unserviceable for the purposes of draught and any kind of agricultural operation:
Provided that the permanent unfitness or unserviceability has not been caused deliberately.
(4) The competent authority shall, before issuing the certificate under subsection (3) or refusing to issue the same, record its order in writing.
(5) The Government may, at any time for the purposes of satisfying itself as to the legality or propriety of the action taken by the competent authority under this section, call for and examine the record of any case and may pass such orders thereon as it may deem fit.
(6) Subject to the provisions herein contained, any action taken by the competent authority under this section shall be final and conclusive and shall not be called in question.
Section 3 not to apply to diseased or under experimentation cows, bulls or bullocks.