(1) This Act may b? callecl the '[Tamil Nadu] Short title.
cxtent and L.ive-stock lmvrovcment Act, 1940. commencc-
(2) le cxtcndc ic) the \ V ~ I ~ ! C of t l ~ c 6[S~a;c 01 rnent.
Tamil N:du].
_. - - - I These wortls wcrc substitt~tcd T O ~ Ihc wort1 "Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation ul' LAWS c)l.lit.l+, 1969, as aliiendcd by the Talllil Naclu Adaptation ol' L:L\\'s (Sccond h c ~ i r l n i e n t ) Order,
1969.
This /ict wirs cxtc~idcd l o the Knriv~~Aurn;~ri i l i ~ t r r ~ t ;illd the ~ l ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ t ~ a 1 l t;~ilik (if the l'irunc!vcli dislricI by sccliorl 3 of, ,jlc Schedule 10, the Titmil Nnilll ( ' r~.;~nsfe~rcd 'rct.~.itor~) ~ , ~ ! ~ ~ ~ j ~ ~ of ~ ; l w s Act. 1957 (Timil N?du Act ?(I1 of 1957), rcpcallng ,he correspon~ing I;LW in rorcc 111 t l1~11 tcrrctory.
a TlliS e ~ I ~ r ~ ~ ~ i t > n wits s t ~ h ~ t i t ~ r t c d f i ~ the cxp~.cssion 'tf>rovince by the El l l l i l N~idll /\tl;l~lt:ltion ol' L;tWsOrder, 1970, w;rs docnlcd to haw conic InIo Ii1l.c~ un 111c 14111 January
1969.
b .rhcbc words \rcrc a ~ ~ l ) ~ ~ i t c t l r ( l 1'01. I I I C I ' : ~ . : I~ I . ;~ I I I~ ~ . ~ , , ~ t ~ i ~ i ~ ~ ~ the elll+ctiug iorniul:~ 2nd t lie l';lr;ig1';ll>ll ilrcccdi~lg Illat paragraph by section 5 of thcTi~ltlil Niidu KC-cni~cting ( N u . 11) Act, 1948 (.Tamil Nadu Act Vlll 01 1948).
a hi^ expression \\,IS strbstit~r~cd fur t l ~ c cxprts\iotl of ~ ~ d ~ ~ ~ " by thc 'J'a!llii Nadu Adc1pt:!t~c1n 111 L;i\rs Older, 1969, as by the Tarn11 Nudu Add~tal lc \ l~ of Laws (Second Alnendrnent) Order, 1969.
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- Definitions.
8 818 L$e-stock linprovement [I940 : T.N. Act XV *(3) This section hall come into force st once, nod the lrState] Government may from time to time by notific ation in the Fort St. George Gazette apply all or any of the remainins provisions of t h s Act to the whole or any portion of the %[State of Tamil Nadu] from such date and for such period, if any, as may be specified in the notification, and may cancel or modify my such notification.
2. In this Act, ~ t l e s s there is anything repuqnant in the subject or context--
(a) 4' bull " includes a buffalo-bull ;
(h) "cow" incll~des a buffalo-cow and a heifer:
(c, "Director" means the officer appointed t y the =[State] Government as the Sr13irector of Anim.2 Husbandry] for ths '[State of Tamil Nad~i] aacd includes any other person o~ whom the p~wers o;
duties of thz Director vndel this 4ct ha1.e been COY.- ferrxl or inlposed ondcr qccticn 3;
(d) "licence" means a licence granted under section 4 ;
(e) ' Llicet~sing, oft;.cerW means the Director or any othcr officer or person authorized to grant licences under section 4 ;
( f ) ~'prescrjbed" means prescribed by ndes made under this Act ;
-- -- --- 1 Thic word w,rs wbstituted for the word "Provincial " by the Adantation Order of !950.
' This expression was sllbqtituted Tor tho eupression <'State of Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamtl Nndu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.
3 These words were substituted for the words "Director of Veterinary ~ervlces" by section 3 ot. and the Second Schedule to, the Tam11 Nadu Rtenactlng (NO. LT) Act, 1948 Varn~l Nadu Act vur of 1948).
* Section 1 came into force on the 3rd September 1940. The remaining *&,ion have becn epplied tn certain portions of t h ~ S1a.e fr('1~ ')@; 9 tlm* 1940 , T.N. Act XV] Live-stock impror*ement 819 ? / ' ) a person is said to "keep a bull" if he owns he b$ or has the bull in his possession or custody ; I I
(h) a bull is said to be "castrated* if it is rendered incapable of propagating its species.
3. The *[State] Government may, by general Appointment or special order, confer or impose on any person ofD'reCtOr. I all or any of the p ~ w e r s or duties of a Director under