Kerala Prevention and Control of Animal Diseases Act, 1967

No: 4 Dated: Feb, 14 1967

THE KERALA PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES ACT, 1967

(No. 4 of 1967)

    An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the prevention and control of diseases affecting animals.

    In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Kerala State Legislature (Ddegation of Powers) Act, 1965 (12 of 1965), the President is pleased to enact as follows :-

CHAPTER I

Preliminary

I. Short title, extent and commencement.-(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Prevention and Control of Animal Diseases Act, 1967.

(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different areas and for different provisions of this Act.

2. Definttions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "animal" means any domestic animal or bird or any animal or bird kept in confinement;

(b) "disinfect" means to free from disease germs;

(c) "disinfest" means to free from vermins, lice, fleas, flies, mosquitoes and the like;

(d) "export" means taking out of the State to a place outside the State;

(e) "import" means bringing into the State from a place outside the State;

(f) "infected area" means any area declared as infected area by the Director of Animal Husbandry under section 17;

(g) "infected place" means any place declared as infected place under section 14 or section 15 or section 16;

(h) "infective animal" means any animal which is affected with a Scheduled disease or has recently been in contact with or in close proximity to an animal so affected;

(i) "Inspector" means an Inspector appointed under section 3;

(j) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(k) "Scheduled disease" means any disease specifil'd in the Schedule;

(l) "State" means the State of Kerala; .

(m) "Veterinary Surgeon" means a Veterinary Surgeon appointed under section 3.