(1) This Act may be called the West Bengal Livestock Short title Improvement Act, 1954. and extent.
(2) It extends to the whole of West Bengal.
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the Definitions. subject or context,—
(a) "adult person" means a person of or above the age of eighteen years;
(b) "approved bull" means a bull certified as such under section 8 by the Livestock Officer;
(c) "artificial insemination" means the method of breeding whereby semen is collected from the male animal, held under artificial conditions outside the animal body and later introduced into the female animals;
(d) "bull" means a male bovine animal above the age of two years, which has not been effectively castrated;
(e) "calf" means a male bovine animal which is not above the age of two years;
(I) "castration" means rendering a male animal incapable of propagating its species;
(g) "Collector" means the Collector of the district and includes an Additional Collector or a Deputy Collector to whom the Collector of the district may, by a written order, delegate his powers under this Act ;
(h) "dedicated bull" means a bull dedicated to the public in good faith by a person in accordance with any religious custom or usage;
(i) "Director" means an officer appointed by the State Government as the Director of Veterinary Services and Animal Husbandry;
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(j) "Livestock Officer" means an officer appointed by the State Government to perform the functions, and to exercise the powers, of a Livestock Officer under this Act ;
(k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
(1) "specified area" means an area which has been declared as such by notification under sub-section (1) of section 3. - Power to specify areas for purposes of the Act.
No person to bring a bull other than an approved bull in a specified area.
No person to keep any bull in a specified area other than an approved bull.