The Bihar Goshala Act, 1950

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    "title": "The Bihar Goshala Act, 1950",
    "short_title": "The Bihar Goshala Act, 1950",
    "act_number": "(Bihar Act 28 of 1950)",
    "act_year": 1950,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bihar Goshala Act, 1950",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"cattle\" includes any domestic animal of the bovine species;\n(b) \"Director\" means the Director of Animal Husbandry Department, Bihar and includes any officer appointed by the State Government to perform the functions of the Director of Animal Husbandry Department under this Act;\n(c) \"Federation\" means the Bihar State Goshala Pinjrapole Federation constituted under Section 3:\n(d) \"goshala\" means a charitable institution established for the purpose of keeping, breeding, rearing and maintaining cattle or for the purpose of reception, protection and treatment of infirm, aged or diseased cattle and includes a \"Pinjrapole\" , where such cattle are kept;\n(e) \"goshala fund\" means the goshala fund formed under Section 14;\n(f) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by Rules made by the State Government under this Act;\n(g) \"Registrar\" means the Registrar of goshalas appointed by the State Government out of a panel of three names submitted by the Federation;\n(h) \"regulation\" means a regulation made by the Director under Section 17; and\n(i) \"trustee\" means a person or a body of persons, by whatever designation known, in whom the administration of a goshala is vested and includes any person who is liable as if he were a trustee.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Establishment of the Federation.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Office of the Registrar and conditions of service of the Registrar and persons employed in his establishment.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Trustees to furnish particulars relating to Goshalas.",
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            "content": "(i) a goshala established before the commencement of this Act, within six months of the commencement of this Act; and\n(ii) a goshala established after the commencement of this Act, within six months of the vesting in or assumption by him of the administration of the property of such goshala;\n(a) the name and address of the trustee and the mode of succession to the office of trustee relating to such goshala;\n(b) the details of the property of such goshala;\n(c) in the case of a goshala established before the commencement of this Act, the gross annual income of such goshala for three years immediately preceding the year in which the statement is submitted or in the case of a goshala established after the commencement of this Act, for the period which has elapsed since the establishment of such goshala;\n(d) sources of such income;\n(e) the amount of the annual expenditure of such goshala for the period referred to in clause (o); and\n(f) any other particulars that may be prescribed.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Register of goshalas.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Power of Registrar to hold inquiry.",
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            "content": "(a) if the goshala is a goshala to which this Act applies;\n(b) the details of the property appertaining to such goshala;\n(c) the name and address of the trustee of such goshaia ;\n(d) the mode of succession to the office of the trustee of such goshala;\n(e) the income and expenditure of such goshala; and\n(f) the sources of income of such goshala.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Amendment of entries in register of goshalas.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Fixation of area of goshala and payment by the traders of the area of certain moneys to the goshala.",
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Fees to be paid by trustee of every goshala.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "11. Decision on disputes regarding sums payable under sub-section (1) of Section 9 or Section 10 and the manner of recovery of those sums.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Maintenance of account and their audit.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Inspection of goshala after reasonable notice.",
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            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Goshala fund, its application and audit.",
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            "content": "(a) all sums received by the Registrar as fees under Section 10 and donations and grants for the management and control of goshala; and\n(b) all sums received or recovered as fines under the provisions of this Act.\n(a) to the payment of the salaries and allowances of the Registrar and persons employed in his establishment and cost of auditing of the accounts of goshala under Section 12; and\n(b) to the payment of any other expense incurred by the Registrar for carrying out the provisions of this Act.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Penalties.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Cognizance of offences.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Power to make Regulations.",
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            "content": "(a) the manner in which a goshala shall be managed;\n(b) skilled technical management of breeding work; and segregation of such work from other activities of the goshala and the transfer of such work from urban to rural areas;\n(c) transport of breeding bulls from a goshala to any other place for breeding purpose;\n(d) the medical treatment and inspection of cattle at goshala;\n(e) the setting aside of cattle both male and female, for breeding purpose; and\n(f) any other matter which may be prescribed;",
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        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Power to make Rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the number of member of the Federation and the manner of electing such members under Section 3;\n(b) the particulars to be prescribed under clause (f) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 and the manner of verifying the statement to be submitted under that sub-section;\n(c) the form of register of goshalas and the particulars to be entered therein under Section 6;\n(d) the manner of verifying the report regarding any change in any of the particulars recorded in the register of goshalas under sub-section (1) of Section 8;\n(e) the manner in which fees shall be paid by the trustee to the Registrar under Section 10;\n(f) the form in which the accounts shall be kept by the trustee under subsection (3) of Section 12 and the particulars to be entered in such form;\n(g) any matter which may be prescribed to be made by regulations under Section 17; and\n(h) the manner in which the moneys held by the trustee of a goshala for the use or benefit of such goshala shall be invested or disposed of.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Bar of application of the Charitable and Religious Trusts Act, 1920.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "bh279",
        "Act Number": "(Bihar Act 28 of 1950)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1950",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar Goshala Act, 1950",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
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