(1) This Act may be called the 1(Tamil Nadu) Rinderpest Act, 1940.
(2) It extends to the whole of the 5[State of Tamil Nadu].
(3) This section shall come into force at once, and the 6 (State] Government may, from time to time, by notification in the Fort St. George Gazette apply ______________________________________________________________________
1. These words were substituted for the word "Madras’’ by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tarnil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.
2. For Statement of Object and Reasons, see Fort St. George George Gazette, dated the 21st May 1940, Part IV-A, page 42.
This Act was extended to the Kanyakumari district and the Shencottah taluk of the Tirunelveli district by section 3 of, and the Schedule to, the Tamil Nadu (Transferred Territory) Extension of Laws Act, 1957 (Tamil Naddu Act XXII of 1957).
3. This expression was substituted for the expression "Province of Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1970, which was deemed to have come into force on the 14th January 1969.
4. These words were substituted for the paragraph containing the enacting formula and the Paragraph preceding that paragraph by section 5 of the Tamil Nadu Reenacting and Repealing No. 1) Act, 1948 (Tamil Nadu Act VII of 1948).
5. This expression was substituted for the expression "state of Madras" by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws Order, 1969, as amended by the Tamil Nadu Adaptation of Laws (Second Amendment) Order, 1969.
6. This word was substituted for the word 'Provincial" by the Adaptation order of
1950.
Section I came into force on the 17th December 1940. The remaining sections have been applied to certain portions of the State by notification from time to time.
Short title, extent and commenc ement.
4 830 Rinderpest [1940: T.N. Act XIX all or any of the remaining provisions of this 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 any such notification.
2. 2 Nothing contained in the 2 (Tamil Nadu) Cattle Disease Act, 1866 shall apply to the disease of rinderpest in any area to which the provisions of this Act 1866 have been applied by notification under sub-section (3)of section 1 so long as such notification remains in force.
3. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context
(a) ‘’ animal’’ means any camel, buffalo, bull, bullock, cow, heifer, calf, sheep, lamb, goat, kid, swine, or deer ;
(d) " infective animal " means any animal which is affected with rinderpest or has recently been in contact with, or in close proximity to, an animal so, affected; and
(e) " prescribed " means prescribed by rules made under this Act.