The Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1954

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    "title": "The Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1954",
    "short_title": "The Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1954",
    "act_number": "Bombay Act No. 72 of 1954",
    "act_year": 1954,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Gujarat",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1954",
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        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Extension of Bombay LXXII of 1954 to rest of Gujarat State.",
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            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Application of Act.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(1) \"Animal\" means an animal to which this Act applies;\n(2) \"Competent Authority\" means a person or body of persons appointed under Section 4 to perform the functions of a Competent Authority under this Act:\n(3) \"Prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(4) \"Schedule\" means a Schedule appended to this Act.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Appointment of Competent Authority.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Prohibition against slaughter without certificate from Competent Authority.",
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            "content": "[(A) No certificate under sub-section (1) shall be granted in respect of-\n(a) a cow;\n(b) the calf of a cow, whether male or female and if male, whether castrated or not;\n(c) a bull;\n(d) a bullock;]\n(a) the animal, whether male or female, is useful or likely to become useful for the purpose of draught or any kind of agricultural operations;\n(b) the animal if male, is useful or likely to become useful for the purpose of breeding;\n(c) the animal, if female, is useful or likely to become useful for the purpose of giving milk or bearing offspring.\n(a) the slaughter of any of the following animals for such bona fide religious purposes, as may be prescribed, namely:-\n(i) any animal above the age of fifteen years other than a cow, bull or bullock.\n(b) the slaughter of any animal not being a cow or a calf of a cow, bull or bullock, on such religious days as may be prescribed:",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Prohibition of slaughter of animals in places not specified for the purpose.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "[6A. Prohibition against transportation of specified animals for slaughter.\n(b) If, on receipt of any such application for grant of permit, such authority is of the opinion that grant of permit shall not be detrimental to the object of Act it may grant permit in such form and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed and subject to such conditions as it may think fit to impose in accordance with such rules as may be prescribed.",
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            "sort_order": 6
        },
        {
            "number": "6B",
            "title": "6B. Prohibition against selling or buying beef or beef products.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Power to enter and inspect premises.",
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            "content": "[8. Penalties.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Offences under the Act to be cognizable.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Abetments and attempts.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Persons exercising powers under this Act deemed to be public servants.",
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        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Protection of persons acting in good faith under the Act or rules.",
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        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Exemption under this Act.",
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            "content": "(1) any animal operated upon for vaccine lymph, scrum, or for any experimental or research purposes at an institution established, conducted or recognised by the State Government;\n(2) any animal or class of animals-\n(i) slaughter of which is certified by a Veterinary Surgeon authorized in this behalf by the State Government to be necessary in the interest of the public health,\n(ii) which are suffering from any disease which is certified by such Veterinary Surgeon as being contagious and dangerous to other animals.",
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            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Delegation of powers.",
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            "content": "(1) to any local authority, its powers and functions under Section 4 within the local area subject to the jurisdiction of such local authority;\n(2) to any officer of the State Government, its powers and functions under sub-section (4) of Section 5.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the powers and duties of a Competent Authority, in addition to those provided in this Act;\n(b) the form of the certificate under Section 5;\n(c) the amount of the fee to be paid under Section 5;\n[(cc) the form of application, the form of permit, the fees to be paid conditions for granting permit under section 6-A;]\n(d) the conditions subject to which the Act shall not apply to any animal under Section 13;\n(e) any other matter which is or may be prescribed.",
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            "sort_order": 15
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Repeal of Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1948.",
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            "content": "(a) every appointment, certificate, application, order, rule, notification or recognition made, issued or given under the provisions of the Act so repealed shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been made, issued or given under the provisions of this Act, unless and until superseded by any appointment, certificate, application, order, rule, notification or recognition made, issued or given under this Act;\n(b) any proceedings relating to the trial of any offence punishable under the provisions of the Act so repealed shall be continued and completed as if the said Act had not been repeated but had continued in operation and any penalty imposed in such proceedings shall be recovered under the Act so repealed.\n[17. Repeal and saving.\n(a) every appointment, certificate, application, order, rule, notification or recognition made, issued or given under the provisions of the Act so repealed shall, in so far as it is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be deemed to have been made, issued or given under the provisions of this Act, unless and until superseded by any appointment, certificate, application, order, rule, notification or recognition made, issued or given under this Act;\n(b) any proceedings relating to the trial of any offence punishable under the provisions of the Act so repealed shall be continued and completed as if the said Act had not been repeated but had continued in operation and any penalty imposed in such proceedings shall be recovered under the Act so repealed.\nSchedule\n[Section 2(1)]\n[Section 2(1)]",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 13th June, 2019 [guj012]",
        "Act Number": "Bombay Act No. 72 of 1954",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1954",
        "Short Title": "The Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1954",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Gujarat"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}