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    "slug": "haryana-gauvansh-sanrakshan-and-gausamvardhan-act-2015",
    "title": "Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015",
    "short_title": "Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015",
    "act_number": "(Haryana Act No. 20 of 2015)",
    "act_year": 2015,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Haryana",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": "2026-11-19",
    "description": "Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015",
    "preamble": "",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title.",
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            "content": "",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Prohibition of cow slaughter.",
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            "content": "[(a) \"beef\" means flesh of cow in any form including in sealed containers.]\n(b) \"beef-products\" means products prepared from beef;\n[(c) \"cow\" means cow and its progeny (any economic or uneconomic) including bull, bullock, ox, heifer or calf whether disabled, diseased or barren;]\n(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;\n[(e) \"Department\" means the Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department, Haryana;]\n(f) \"export\" means taking out of cow from the State to any other place;\n(g) \"Gauvansh\" means cow or its progeny;\n(h) \"Gausamvardhan\" means conservation and development of indigenous breeds of cow;\n(i) \"Government\" means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrative department;\n(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;\n(k) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;\n(l) \"sanrakshan\" means protection and conservation of Gauvansh;\n(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(n) \"State\" means the State of Haryana;\n[(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.]",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 1
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        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Prohibition of cow slaughter.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Exceptions.",
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            "content": "(a) whose suffering is such so as to render its destruction desirable; or\n(b) who is suffering from any notified contagious or infectious disease; or\n(c) who is subjected to experimentation in the interest of medical, veterinary and public health research.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 3
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Restriction on export.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 4
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Permit for export.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 5
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Special permit.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Prohibition of sale of beef.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 7
        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Gausamvardhan.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 8
        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Establishment of institution.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 9
        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Levy of charges of fee.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Establishment of laboratories for testing and analysis.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Offences.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Burden of proof.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Offences to be cognizable and non-bailable.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Power to enter, seize etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) enter, stop and search any vehicle used or intended to be used for the export of [cow or beef] ;\n[(b) Seize cow or beef in respect of which he suspects that any provisions of this Act has been, is being or is about to be contravened, along with the vehicle in which such cow or beef is found, and thereafter take all measures necessary for securing the production of the cow or beef so seized, in a court and for the safe custody pending such production;]\n[(c) enter and search any premises used or intended to be used for the slaughter of cow and seize cow or beef and collect evidence from the spot including instruments and documents used or intended to be used regarding activities related to slaughter and export of cow or beef.]",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Confiscation of vehicles.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Power to make rules.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) the conditions and the circumstances under which a cow may be slaughtered under section 4;\n(b) the manner in which disease shall be notified under clause (b) of section 4;\n(c) the manner in which permission shall be obtained under section 4;\n(d) the form and contents of the certificate mentioned in section 4 and the authorities competent to grant it;\n(e) the form in which the permit is to be granted and the fee in respect of issuing such permit under sections 6 and 7;\n(f) the manner in which and conditions under which beef or beef products are to be sold under section 8;\n(g) the matters relating to the establishment, maintenance, management, supervision and control of institution referred to in section 10;\n(h) the duties of any officer or authority having jurisdiction under this Act, the procedure to be followed by such officer or authority; and\n(i) any other matter which is to be and may be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 18
        },
        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Repeal and savings.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        }
    ],
    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 2nd November, 2019 [hl735]",
        "Act Number": "(Haryana Act No. 20 of 2015)",
        "Enactment Date": "19th November, 2015",
        "Act Year": "2015",
        "Short Title": "Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Haryana"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}