Kerala Live-Stock Improvement Act, 1961
No: 17 Dated: Jun, 28 1961
THE KERALA LIVE-STOCK IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1961
ACT 17 OF 1961
An Act to provide for the improvement of live-stock in the State of Kerala
Preamble:-Whereas it is expedient to provide for the improvement to live-stock in the State of Kerla;
Be it enacted in the Twelfth year of the Republic of India as follows:--
1. Short title extent and Commencement:- (1) This Act may be the Kerala Live-Stock Improvement Act, 1961.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.
(3) This section shall come into force at once and the Government may, from time to time by notification in the Gazette, apply all or any of the remaining provisions of this Act to the whole or any portion of the State of Kerala from such date and for such period, if any, as may be specified in the notification, and may cancel or modify any such notification.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(a) "bull" includes a buffalo-bull;
(b) "cow" includes a buffalo-cow and heifer;
(c) "Director" means the officer appointed by the Government as the Director of Animal Husbandry for the State of Kerala and includes any other person on whom the powers or duties of the Director under this Act have been conferred or imposed under Section 3;
(d) "License" means a license granted under section 4;
(e) "Licensing Officer" means the Director or any other officer or person authorised to grant licenses under Section 4;
(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act;
(g) a person is said to "keep a bull" if he owns the bull or has the bull in his possession or custody; and
(h) a bull is said to have "castrated" if it is rendered incapable of propagation its species.