The Goa, Daman and Diu Livestock Improvement Act, 1972

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    "title": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Livestock Improvement Act, 1972",
    "short_title": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Livestock Improvement Act, 1972",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 5 of 1973)",
    "act_year": 1972,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Goa",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Livestock Improvement Act, 1972",
    "preamble": "",
    "section_label": "Section",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) \"bull\" and \"cow\" include he-buffaloes and she-buffaloes, respectively;\n(b) \"Director\" means the Director of Animal Husbandry appointed as such by the Government;\n(c) \"Government\" means the Government of Goa, Daman and Diu;\n(d) \"licence\" means a licence granted under section 5;\n(e) \"Livestock Officer\" means an officer appointed as such under section 3;\n(f) \"prescribed\", with its grammatical variations, means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(g) \"rules\" means rules made under section 21;\n(h) \"village\" means any village as defined in the Goa, Daman and Diu Land Revenue Code, 1968;\n(i) \"a person is said to keep a bull\" if such person owns the bull or has the bull in his possession or custody.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
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        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Livestock Officer.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 2
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Prohibition of keeping a bull for breeding purposes.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Grant of licence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Refusal to grant licence and revocation of licence.",
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            "content": "(a) of defective or inferior conformation and likely to be get defective or inferior progeny; or\n(b) permanently affected with any contagious or infectious disease; or\n(c) permanently affected with any other disease rendering the bull unsuitable for breeding purposes.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Grant of duplicate licence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Duration of licence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the period specified therein expires, or\n(b) it is revoked under this Act, or\n(c) the bull dies or is castrated in the prescribed manner, whichever is earlier.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Inspection of bulls.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Power to order castration of bulls.",
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            "content": "",
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            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Duty to produce licence.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) within a reasonable time on demand made by a Livestock Officer or any other Officer authorised by general or special order of the Government in this behalf in any place where the bull is for the time being;\n(b) before a cow is served by a bull, on demand made by the person in charge of the cow.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Penalty.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Power of Livestock Officer to castrate.",
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            "content": "(a) castrated in the prescribed manner, and\n(b) sold by public auction or sent to a pinjrapol:\n(i) if not sold by public auction, or\n(ii) if sent to a pinjrapol, shall be delivered to such owner on payment of the costs, charges and expenses incurred for the maintenance of the said bull and determined in the prescribed manner, or\n(iii) if sold by public auction, the proceeds of such sale shall be paid to such owner after deducting therefrom the costs, charges and expenses incurred for the maintenance and sale of the said bull and determined in the prescribed manner.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Power of Livestock Officer to inspect or mark a bull or to enter premises.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) to inspect any bull,\n(b) to mark any bull with any prescribed mark in the prescribed manner,\n(c) to enter any premises or other place in the prescribed manner where he has reason to believe that a bull is kept.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Officers bound to assist Livestock Officer.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) to give immediate information to a Livestock Officer of the commission of any offence, or 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 the commission of any such offence which they know or have reason to believe is about to be committed; and\n(c) to assist any Livestock Officer in carrying out the provisions of this Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Cognizance of offences.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Livestock Officer to be public servant.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Protection of persons acting in good faith and limitation of suits and prosecutions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Appeal.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 18
        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Revision.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the powers and duties to be exercised and performed by a Livestock Officer and the assignment of such powers or duties under section 3;\n(b) the age of a bull after which it shall not be kept without a licence under section 4;\n(c) the form and the manner in which, and the terms and conditions subject to which, a licence shall be granted, or renewed, under section 6;\n(d) the grounds on which a licence may be revoked, under section 6;\n(e) the manner in which a notice under section 6 shall be served;\n(f) the conditions subject to which a duplicate of a licence may be granted under section 7;\n(g) the manner in which a bull shall be castrated, and the manner in which inquiry regarding the ownership of a bull shall be made, and the costs, charges and expenses for the maintenance and sale of a bull shall be determined under sections 10 and 13;\n(h) the manner and the form in which a bull shall be marked and the manner in which a Livestock Officer shall enter any premises or other place under section 14;\n(i) the procedure to be followed by the Director in disposing of an appeal under section 19;\n(j) any other matter which has to be or may be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "goa230",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 5 of 1973)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1972",
        "Short Title": "The Goa, Daman and Diu Livestock Improvement Act, 1972",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Goa"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:52:45"
}