2. Prohibition of cow slaughter.

[(a) "beef" means flesh of cow in any form including in sealed containers.]
(b) "beef-products" means products prepared from beef;
[(c) "cow" means cow and its progeny (any economic or uneconomic) including bull, bullock, ox, heifer or calf whether disabled, diseased or barren;]
(d) "competent authority" means the concerned Sub-divisional Magistrate and includes any other officer appointed by the Government for exercising the powers under this Act;
[(e) "Department" means the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department, Haryana;]
(f) "export" means taking out of cow from the State to any other place;
(g) "Gauvansh" means cow or its progeny;
(h) "Gausamvardhan" means conservation and development of indigenous breeds of cow;
(i) "Government" means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrative department;
(j) "indigenous breed" means the indigenous cow population which is recognized as a breed by Breed Registration Committee of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, from time to time;
(k) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
(l) "sanrakshan" means protection and conservation of Gauvansh;
(m) "slaughter" means killing by any method whatsoever and includes maiming and inflicting of physical injury which in the ordinary course may cause death;
(n) "State" means the State of Haryana;
[(o) "Vehicle" means a conveyance used for transportation of people, livestock or goods, specially on land, such as two-wheeler, car, tractor trolley, lorry, any carrier or cart.]