Jammu and Kashmir Livestock Improvement Act, 1996
No: 23 Dated: Feb, 11 1996
THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR LIVE STOCK IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1996 (1940 A. D.)
(Act No. XXIII of Svt. 1996)
An Act to provide for the improvement of livestock.
Preamble.—Whereas it is expedient to provide for the improvement of the livestock in the Jammu and Kashmir State.
It is hereby enacted as follow :—
1. Short title.— This Act may be called the Jammu and Kashmir Livestock Improvement Act, 1996.
Extent.— It shall extend to such places in the Jammu and Kashmir State as may from time to time be notified in the Jammu and Kashmir Goverment Gazette by the Government in this behalf.
2. Definitions.— In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,—
(a) “livestock” includes bull, bullock, cow, heifer, calf and buffalo ;
(b) “Livestock officer” means an officer or person appointed or invested with powers under section 3 ;
(c) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act ;
(d) “keeper” means the person who keeps any livestock as owner or hirer or as an approved agent under section 9 ;
(e) “improvement” includes castration of males unfit for breeding work and distribution or utilization of improved male levestock for breeding purpose and impregnation of female livestock by the technique of artifical insemination.
(f) “Premium bulls” means bulls issued by the Government for breeding purposes ;
(g) “licence” means a licence granted under section 5.
3. Livestock officer.— The Government may, by general or special order published in the Jammu and Kashmir Government Gazette, invest an officer or officers of the Animal Husbandry Department with powers to function as Livestock officer or officers.
4. Prohibition for keeping a bull for breeding purposes.— No keeper will keep a bull for breeding purpose except under and in accordance with terms, conditions and restrictions of a licence granted under section 5.
5. Grant, refusal to grant or revocation of licence.—(1) A licence for the keeping of a bull for breeding purpose shall be granted in the prescribed form by the Livestock officer.
(2) No fee shall be levied for the grant of such licence.
(3) The Livestock officer may refuse to grant, or may revock, a licence, if in the opinion of such officer, the bull is,—
(i) of defective or inferior conformation and likely to beget defective or inferior progeny ; or
(ii) permanelty affected with any contagious or infectious disease ; or
(iii) permanently incapacitated rendering the bull unsuitable for breeding purposes.
(4) The Livestock officer may revoke a licence after giving 30 days notice to the licence holder if in the opinion of such officer, the terms and conditions under which it was issued heve not been complied with or fulfilled.
(5) No person shall be entitled to any compensation for the revocation of a licence under sub-clause (3) or (4).