The Central Provinces Slaughter of Animals Rules, 1915

RULES UNDER THE CENTRAL PROVINCES SLAUGHTER  ANIMALS ACT, 1915

                  RULES

(Commerce and Industry Dept. Notfn. No.1236-955-XIII, dated 31-5-22 Slaughter house licenses.)

1.       (1)     No Slaughter house shall be established or maintained except

under license from the Deputy Commissioner of the district in which it is situated.

(2)     For each licenses the Deputy Commissioner may, with the
          previous sanction of the Commissioner of the division, levy a
          fee not exceeding Rs. 200.

(3)     The Deputy Commissioner may, for reasons to be recorded in
          writing, refuse to grant a license, or cancel or suspend a license.

(4)     An appeal from any other passed under sub-rule (3) shall lie to
          the Commissioner within 30 days of the date of such order.

(5)     A license granted shall be in form A.

Site and building.

(6)     License shall  not  be given unless the site  and plan of the
          proposed slaughter-house have received the approval of the
          Deputy  Commissioner  and  the  Director  of  Public  Health.
          Before  approving  the  site  the  Deputy  Commissioner  shall
          consult any local bodies exercising jurisdiction over or in the
          vicinity of the site.

(7)     The Deputy Commissioner may, at any time, by order in
          writing require the license of a slaughter house to make within a
          reasonable  time  such  alterations  as  he  may  declare  to  be
          necessary  for  maintenance  of  the  slaughter  in  a  sanitary
          condition.

Supervisors.

3.The Deputy Commissioner shall appoint for each slaughter-house in his district  a  supervisor  and  such  assistant  supervisors  as  he  may  consider necessary, and may delegate to such assistant supervisor such of the duties and powers of the supervisors under these rules as he deems proper.

Duties of the Supervisors.

4..      (1)     The duties of the supervisor within the limits of the slaughter-house shall be -

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(a)     to examine and reject, detain, or pass all animals brought

for slaughter;

(b)     to  supervise  the  slaughtering  of  animals  and  their

treatment before slaughter;

(c)      generally, to perform all duties imposed upon him by
          these rules and to report to the Deputy Commissioner or
          Sub-Divisional Officer any breach of the Act or of these
          rules or of any regulation or order issued by the Deputy
          Commissioner or by an Inspector under these rules.

(2)     The supervisor within the limits of  the slaughter-house  for

which he is appointed shall have power-

(a)     to inspect any part of the premises;

(b)     to call for information from occupiers or their employers

in regard to matters concerning his duties and to record

statements about such matters;

(c)      to  do any act which may be necessary to the proper

performance of his duties.

Animal’s Examination.

5.  Every  animal  brought  for  slaughter  at  a  slaughter-house  shall  be
     presented for examination by the supervisor.

6.  The following animals shall be rejected and returned to the owner.

(1) Any animal which in the opinion of the supervisor is (a) pregnant, or
     (b) in milk.

(2) All cows.

(3) Any animal other than sheep or goats which in the opinion of the
     supervisor is of or under the age of 9 years.

7.  Any animal suspected to be suffering from anthrax, tuberculosis, black  quarter, hemorrhage septicemia or rinderpest or from any other disease declared by the Local Government to be injurious to health may be detained  in  a  special  detention  pen  appointed  by  the  Deputy Commissioner  for  a  period  not  exceeding 12 hours  to  enable  the supervisor to complete his examination.

8.  Any animal suffering from the diseases specified in rule 7 and presented for slaughter shall be slaughtered in such place and in such manner as the Deputy Commissioner may direct.

9.  The  supervisor  shall  reject  any  animal  which  may  reasonably  be
     suspected to be stolen property and shall immediately report the fact to
     the nearest police station.

An animal may reasonably be suspected to be stolen property when its value for slaughter is appreciably less than its value for other purposes.

10.     (1)     Every animal passed for slaughter shall  be  marked  with a
distinguishing mark, and shall be confined in a place appointed by the
Deputy Commissioner to be called the “passed pen” until it is removed for
slaughter.

(2)     The distinguishing marks affixed on any animal shall be such as
          may be affixed and removed painlessly.

11. The supervisor may examine the flesh, hide or bones of any animal
     slaughtered in the slaughter-house, and may seize and remove any such
     flesh, hide or bones   as in his opinion are affected by any of the diseases
     mentioned in rule 7.

Destruction of diseased flesh, etc.

12. The flesh, hide and bones (a) of every animal slaughtered under rule 8, or
     (b)   seized and removed under rule 11, shall be destroyed and disposed of by the supervisor in such place and manner as the Deputy Commissioner
     may direct:

Provided that if the disease from which the animal is declared to be suffering  be not  anthrax, black-quarter hemorrhagic septicemia or rinderpest,  hide only may be returned to the owner.

Registers.

13. The  supervisor  shall  maintain  a  register  in  such  form  as  may  be
     prescribed by the Deputy Commissioner showing the animals.

(i)      examined under rule 4;

(ii)     rejected under rules 6 and 9 ;

(iii)    detained under rule 7;

(iv)   slaughtered under rule 8; and

(v)     passed for slaughter.

Slaughter-house occupiers and licenses.

14.     (1)     Every occupier other than the holder of a license for a slaughter

house shall apply to the Deputy Commissioner for a license.

(2)The Deputy Commissioner may, for reasons to Be recorded or suspend in writing, refuse to grant a license, or may cancel a license.

(3)     The license shall be in Form B; and shall be issued on payment
          of a fee of Re.   0-8-0-.

15.  If any licenses be convicted of an offence under section 5 or section 7 of
     the Act, the Deputy Commissioner shall cause such conviction to be
     endorsed on his license.

Attention of animals for slaughter.

16.     (1)     All animals passed for slaughter except sheep and goats

shall be kept in a place appointed for a period of not less than

24 hours before slaughter.

(2)     Every animal brought into the slaughter house shall, until it is
          slaughtered receive from the license of the slaughter house a
          daily food ration according to a scale to be fixed from time to
          time by the Deputy Commissioner for each class of animal and
          as much water as it required.

Explanation.

An animal shall be deemed to require whatever water the supervisor may order from time to time.

(3)     If  the  licensee  neglects  to  feed  or water any animal in the
          manner prescribed by sub-rule (2) the supervisor shall himself
          feed and water such animal and shall recover from the licensee
          the cost of so doing according to a scale to be fixed from time
          to time by the Deputy Commissioner.

The licensee may also be prosecuted under section 5, clause (b), of the Act.

Explanation. Slaughtering.

17.     (1)     No animal shall be slaughtered or rendered unconscious

in such a place or position that it is seen by another living

animal or can itself see another dead or unconscious animal.

(2)     No animal shall pinioned or blindfolded for more than five

minutes before slaughter.

(3)     The method of slaughtering shall be as nearly instantaneous as
          is consistent with the recognized religious   usage of the person
          employed in the slaughter.

Maximum daily number of animals to be slaughtered.

18.   The Deputy Commissioner shall fix the maximum daily number of
          animals of each class which may be slaughtered in each slaughter
          house in his district.

RULES UNDER THE SLAUGHTER OF ANIMALS ACT.

Employees registration.

19.   The licensee of a slaughter house shall maintain a register of all
          persons employed therein.

Exclusion of suffers from infectious diseases.

20.   No person suffering from leprosy sores, or any disease of the skin or
          any contagious or infectious disease, shall enter or be allowed to enter
          a  slaughterhouse  or  any  part  of  the  promises  of  any  stockyard
          appertaining thereto.

Dogs.

21.   No dogs shall be admitted into a slaughter house of any stockyard
          appertaining thereto.

Control by Deputy Commissioner Sanitation.

22.     (1)     The Deputy Commissioner may, at any time, issue instructions
          in writing consistent with these rules for the maintenance and general
          management of any slaughter house in his district, and all occupiers
          of, or persons employed in, such slaughter house shall be bound to
          obey them.

(2)     In particular the Deputy Commissioner may issue regulations

and orders-

(a)     sending apart places for the slaughter of animals, or for the

manufacture of jerked meat or for the preparation of hides,

bones or any other products of slaughtered animal;

(b)     for the cleansing and repairs of the slaughter house and for the

removal of destruction of all offer and refuse;

(c)      for the maintenance of a sanitary staff;

(d)     generally  for  maintaining  the  slaughter  house  in  a  sanitary

condition.

Inspectors.

23.   Any Inspector appointed under section 3, sub-section (1), of the Act, may, when inspection a slaughter house within the local limits for which he is appointed pass such order in writing as he may consider necessary  for  the  proper  observation  of  these  rules,  or  of  any instructions issued by the Deputy Commissioner under rule 22, and all occupiers of, or persons employed in, that slaughter house shall be bound to obey such order:

Provided that  an appeal shall  lie  to  the  authority  to  whom such Inspector has been declared to be subordinate by notification under section 3, sub-section (3), if the Act, within 15 days from the date of the order complained of.

Cost of Supervision.

24.   The expenditure incurred by the Government in maintaining necessary
          staff  for supervision shall be paid by the licenses of the slaughter
          house at such time and in such manner as the Deputy Commissioner
          may from time to time direct.

Appeals.

25.   No appeal shall lie against any order passed under the above rules,
          except as therein provided for and in no case shall a second appeal be
          allowed.