Punjab Livestock Improvement Act, 1953

No: 47 Dated: Nov, 09 1953

The Punjab Livestock Improvement Act, 1953

Punjab Act No. 47 of 1953

    An Act to provide for the improvement of livestock in the State of Punjab.

It is hereby enacted as follows :-

1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Livestock Improvement Act, 1953.

(2) It shall extend to the whole of the State of Punjab.

(3) It shall come into force, in any specified area, on such date as the State Government may by notification appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different areas.

2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) 'approved bull' means a bull certified as such under section 6 of this Act as fit for breeding purposes in a local area;

(b) 'bull' means an uncastrated male calf above such age as the State Government may prescribe for any local area;

(c) 'cow' includes a heifer;

(d) 'Director' means the Director of Veterinary Services, Punjab;

(e) 'Livestock Officer' means the Director and includes any other officer authorised by him to exercise all or any of the powers of a Livestock Officer under the Act;

(f) 'prescribed' means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(g) a person is said to 'keep a bull' if he owns the bull or has the bull in his possession or custody, for the time being;

(h) a bull is said to 'castrated' if it is rendered incapable of propagating its species; and

(i) 'local area' means the whole or a part of the area to which this Act applies, and in which an approved bull is, in the opinion of the Director, fit for breeding purposes.

3. Prohibition to keep a bull unmarked. - In any area to which this Act applies, no person shall keep a bull except under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

4. Intimation about unmarked bulls. - Every person, who, in any local area, keeps any bull which is not branded with a distinguishing mark as provided under this Act, shall give intimation of such possession to the Livestock Officer within such period as may be prescribed.

5. Submission of bulls for inspection. - On receipt of the intimation under section 4, or on his own motion the Livestock Officer may, by order, require any person keeping a bull to present the bull for inspection at any reasonable time and at a place specified in the order and thereupon it shall be the duty of the person keeping the bull to produce it for inspection accordingly and render all reasonable assistance in connection with such inspection.

6. Certification of bulls as approved. - After such inspection of a bull, the Livestock Officer, if satisfied that the bull is suitable for being used for breeding purposes in the local area, shall certify the bull as "approved" and cause it to be branded with a mark prescribed for the purpose.