Bihar Preservation and Improvement of Animals Act, 1955

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    "title": "Bihar Preservation and Improvement of Animals Act, 1955",
    "short_title": "Bihar Preservation and Improvement of Animals Act, 1955",
    "act_number": "[Bihar Act 2 of 1956]",
    "act_year": 1955,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Bihar Preservation and Improvement of Animals Act, 1955",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"animal\" means -\n(i) bull, bullock, cow, heifer, buffalo, calf, sheep, goat and any other ruminating animal;\n(ii) Poultry; and\n(iii) elephant, horse, camel, ass, mule, dog, swine and such other domesticated animals as may be specified in this behalf by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette;\n(b) \"a person is said to keep a bull\" if he owns the bull or has the bull in his possession or custody;\n(c) \"bull\" means an uncastracted male above the age of three years belonging to the species of bovine cattle;\n(d) \"bullock\" means a castrated male above the age of three years belonging to the species specified in clause (c);\n(e) \"calf\" means a female or a castrated or un-castrated male, of the age of three years and below belonging to the species specified in clause (c);\n(f) \"contagious disease\" means rinderpest (that is to say, the disease commonly known as cattle plague), anthrax, hemorrhagic septicaemia, black-quarter, foot-and mouth disease, rabies and includes such other diseases as may be declared by the State Government by notification in the official Gazette to be contagious diseases for the purposes of this Act;\n(g) \"cow\" means a female above the age of three years belonging to the species specified in clause (c), but does not include a she-buffalo;\n(h) \"infected area\" means an area in respect of which a notification under Section 7 is in force;\n(i) \"infective\" used with reference to an animal means affected by a contagious disease;\n(j) \"licence\" means a licence granted under Section 20;\n(k) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by Rules made under this Act;\n(l) \"she-buffalo\" means a female above the age of three years belonging to the species specified in clause (c), but it does not include a cow;\n(m) \"Veterinary Officer\" means a Veterinary Assistant Surgeon of the Bihar Civil Veterinary Department acting as such within the local limits of his jurisdiction and includes any officer appointed by the State Government to discharge all or any of the functions of a Veterinary Officer under this Act;\n[(mm) \"Director\" means the Director of Animal Husbandry, Bihar and includes any officer not below the rank of Deputy Director, Animal Husbandry, authorised by the State Government to discharge all or any of the functions of Director under this Act.]\nCHAPTER-II\nProhibition of slaughter of Cows, Calves, Bulls and Bullocks",
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            "title": "3. Prohibition of slaughter of cow, calf, bull, bullock or she-buffalo.",
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            "content": "(i) a bull or bullock which is over twenty-five years of age or which has become permanently incapable of breeding or of being used as a draught animal, as the case may be; and\n(ii) a she buffalo which is over twenty-five years of age or which has become permanently incapable or breeding or yielding milk, if the permanent incapability has not been caused deliberately:",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Penalties.",
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            "content": "[CHAPTER-IIA]",
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        {
            "number": "4A",
            "title": "4A. Ban on export.",
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        {
            "number": "4B",
            "title": "4B. Penalty.",
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        {
            "number": "4C",
            "title": "4C. Power to make Rules.",
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        {
            "number": "4D",
            "title": "4D. Power to remove difficulties.",
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            "content": "CHAPTER-III\nPrevention and control, of contagious diseases affecting animals.",
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            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Report of contagious disease.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Duty to segregate infective animals.",
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            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Declaration of infected area.",
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            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Preventive vaccination or inoculation in infected area.",
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            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Prohibition of markets, fairs, etc., in infected areas.",
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            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Compulsory segregation and treatment of animals.",
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            "content": "(a) to keep it where it is for the time being, or to remove it or allow it to be removed to such place of isolation or segregation as may be specified in the order;\n(b) to subject it to such treatment as may be specified in the order;",
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            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Disinfection of buildings, etc.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Power of Veterinary Officer to subject infective animal to tests.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power of Veterinary Officer to carry out post mortem examination.",
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            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Prohibition of sale or transfer of infective animals.",
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        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Penalties.",
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            "content": "(a) fails to segregate any animal as required by Section 6; or\n(b) fails to render every facility and assistance to Veterinary Officer as required by Section 8; or\n(c) fails to comply with the order of a Veterinary Officer made under subsection (1) of Section 10; or\n(d) fails to comply with an order made under Section 11; or\n(e) organises, holds or promotes, as the case may be, any animal market, animal fair, animal exhibition or other concentration of animals in contravention of the provisions of Section 9; or\n(f) fails to render every facility and assistance to Veterinary Officer as required by Section 12; shall be punished with fine which may extend to twenty-five rupees.",
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            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Time for complying with and enforcement of order.",
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        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Bar of claim to compensation.",
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        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Provisions of the Act to apply to horses, camels, asses and mules.",
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        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Destruction of animals in certain circumstances.",
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            "content": "CHAPTER-IV\nImprovement of livestock by licencing of breeding bulls",
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        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Bull of certain age to be licenced.",
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        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Refusal and revocation of licences.",
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            "content": "(a) of a defective or inferior conformation and consequently likely to beget defective or inferior progeny, or\n(b) suffering from an incurable, contagious, or infectious disease or from any other disease rendering the bull unsuitable for breeding purposes; a\n(c) of a breed which it is undesirable to propagate in the area in which it is kept.\n(a) the licence was granted under circumstances of which the Veterinary Officer was not aware at the time of granting the licence, or\n(b) there has been a breach of the terms and conditions of the licence:",
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        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Appeal.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Surrender of licence.",
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            "content": "(a) the period specified in the licence expires.\n(b) the licence is revoked under this chapter, or\n(c) the bull dies or is certified by the Veterinary Officer to have been effectively, castrated in the prescribed manner.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Inspection of bulls.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Power to order castration.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Production of licence.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Power of Veterinary Officer to castrate bulls.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(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 costs of maintenance and arrangements for sale of the bull; and\n(ii) in any other case, the bull shall be delivered to the owner on payment of the cost of its maintenance:",
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            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Power of Veterinary Officer to inspect or mark bulls.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) to inspect any bull; and\n(b) to mark any bull free of charge with a prescribed mark in the prescribed manner.",
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            "sort_order": 31
        },
        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. Penalty for contravention of other provisions of this Chapter.",
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            "content": "(a) keeps a bull in contravention of the provisions of this Chapter or of any Rule made under this Act or of any terms or conditions of a licence;\n(b) neglects or fails to submit a bull for inspection when required to do so under Section 24;\n(c) obstructs or resists castration of a bull as required under Section 35; or\n(d) neglects or fails to produces a licence when required to do so under Section 26;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 32
        },
        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Chapter not to apply to a bull dedicated to a religious purpose.",
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            "content": "CHAPTER-V\nMiscellaneous",
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        },
        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Duty of Officers to report offence, etc.",
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            "content": "(a) to give immediate information to the nearest Veterinary Officer or to the nearest police-station 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;\n(b) to take all reasonable measures in their power to prevent commission of any such offence which they may know or have reason to believe is about or likely to be committed; and\n(c) to assist any Veterinary Officer or any other officer or person in carrying out the provisions of this Act and the Rules made thereunder.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Power to enter and inspect land, premises, etc.",
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            "sort_order": 35
        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Officers to be public servants.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Delegation of functions.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 37
        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Protection of persons acting in good faith.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 38
        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Offences to be cognizable.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 39
        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Cognizance of offences.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Power to make Rules.",
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            "content": "(i) the manner in which a report required in sub-section (4) of Section 5 shall be made;\n(ii) the manner in which a notification issued under sub-section (1) of Section 7 may be published;\n(iii) the kinds or classes of animals which shall be vaccinated and inoculated in respect of each contagious disease referred to in sub-section (1) and the manner in which an animal may be marked under sub-section (2) of Section 8.\n(iv) the manner in which an application may be made under sub-section (2) of Section 10;\n(v) the manner in which the expense referred to in sub-section (2) of Section 10 shall be calculated;\n(vi) the issue of an order by a Veterinary Officer under Section 11;\n(vii) the tests to which an animal may be subject under Section 12;\n(viii) a post mortem examination of an animal under Section 13;\n(ix) the manner in which an animal may be dealt with under Section 19;\n(x) the enumeration of contagious diseases for the purposes of Section 19;\n(xi) the manner in which and the authority to which an appeal may be preferred under Section 22;\n(xii) the procedure for, and other matters (including fees) incidental to, the disposal of appeals under Section 22;\n(xiii) prescribing the breed of the bull and the authority by whom it shall be approved under Section 30;\n(xiv) any action to be taken by a Veterinary Officer or any other officer or person authorised by him under Section 32;\n(xv) the circumstances in which duplicate of licence may be granted and the fee which may be charged for the grant of such duplicates;\n(xvi) the powers to be exercised and the duties to be performed by officer appointed under this Act and the procedure to be followed by such officers in the discharge of their functions under this Act;\n(xvii) the service of notices and orders issued under this Act; and\n(xviii) all matters expressly required or allowed by this Act to be prescribed. (3) In making Rules under sub-section (1) and (2), the State Government may provide that a person guilty of a breach thereof shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.\nNotifications\nNotifications\nS. 0.1091, dated 29th November, 1980.\nS. 0.1093, dated 29th November, 1980.\nS. 0.1095 dated 29th November, 1980.\nNo. 2987 dated the 13th October, 1984.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 17th February, 2020 [bh615]",
        "Act Number": "[Bihar Act 2 of 1956]",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1955",
        "Short Title": "Bihar Preservation and Improvement of Animals Act, 1955",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}