(1) If a person who keeps a bull neglects or fails to submit it for inspection, or to have it castrated when required to do so under section 7, or section 8, the licensing officer may direct that the bull shall be castrated by a method and in a manner approved by the Director and marked with a prescribed mark in the prescribed manner, free of charge.
(2) (a) If it is not known in whose ownership, possession or custody a bull is for the time being and the fact cannot be ascertained after an inquiry in the prescribed manner, the licensing officer may seize the bull or cause it to be seized, and if he is of opinion that the bull has attained the prescribed age and is unsuitable for breeding purposes on any of the grounds specified in sub-section (1) of section 5 may direct that the bull shall be castrated by a method and in a manner approved by the Director and marked with a prescribed mark in the prescribed manner, free of charge;
(b) Every bull seized under clause (a) shall, after it has been castrated and marked as aforesaid where necessary be sold by public auction or sent to a pinjrapole or infirmary recognized by the State Government in this behalf;
(c) In case the owner of any bull seized under clause
(a) appears before the licensing officer within such time as may be prescribed in this behalf and proves to the satisfaction of such officer that the bull is owned by him,-
(i) in case the bull has been sold by public auction, the proceeds of such sale shall be paid to the owner after deducting therefrom the cost, charges and expenses incurred for the maintenance and sale of the bull; and Power of licensing officer to castrate bulls.
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(ii) in any other case, the bull shall be delivered to the owner on payment of the cost, charges and expenses incurred for its maintenance;
(d) The costs, charges and expenses referred to in sub-clauses (i) and (ii) of clause (c) shall be determined in the prescribed manner.
13. For the purposes of this Act, a licensing officer or any officer or person authorized by him in this behalf shall have power at all reasonable times,-
(a) to inspect any bull;
(b) to mark any bull with a prescribed mark in the prescribed manner; and
(c) subject to such conditions and restrictions, if any, as may be prescribed, to enter any premises or other place where he has reason to believe that a bull is kept.
14. It shall be the duty of all village officers and servants and of all officers of the Animal Husbandry, Agricultural and Revenue Departments,-
(a) to give immediate information to the nearest licensing officer of the commission of any offence, or of the intention or preparation to commit any offence punishable under this Act which may come to their knowledge;
(b) to take all reasonable measures in their power to prevent the commission of any such offence which they may know or have reason to believe is about or likely to be committed; and
(c) to assist any licensing officer in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
Power of licensing officer, etc., to inspect or mark bulls and to enter premises.
Duty of officers to report offences, etc.
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15. No Magistrate shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act except upon a complaint made by a licensing officer or any person authorized by such officer in this behalf.
16. The Director, every licencing officer, all officers and persons authorized by the Director or a licensing officer, under this Act, and all village officers and servants, shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code.