Punjab Bovine Breeding Act, 2016

No: 17 Dated: May, 13 2016

The Punjab Bovine Breeding Act, 2016

(Punjab Act No. 17 of 2016)

    An Act to provide for improvement of bovines by regulating bovine breeding activities including use of bovine breeding bulls for production of bovine semen, processing, storage, sale and distribution of bovine semen, and artificial insemination and any other breeding activity in bovines in the State of Punjab and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

    Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in Sixty- seventh Year of Republic of India as follows:-

CHAPTER I

Preliminary

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Bovine Breeding Act, 2016.

(2) It shall come into force on such date as may be specified by the Government through a notification in the Official Gazette.

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

(a) "Artificial Insemination" or "A.I." means the technique used for depositing bovine semen into the mature female reproductive tract by artificial means;

(b) "Authority" means the Bovine Breeding Authority constituted under section 3;

(c) "Authorised inseminator" means a veterinarian or Veterinary Inspector or Veterinary Pharmacist (by whatever name called) or trained AI worker to be certified by the Authority in such manner, as may be prescribed;

(d) "bovine" means a cow, cow-bull, cow-heifer, buffalo, buffalo-bull and buffalo heifer;

(e) "bovine breeder" means any person or organization or firm or agency engaged in bovine breeding activity;

(f) "bovine breeding" means breeding activities in bovines that include the use of bovine bulls, semen or embryos;

(g) "Breeding Policy" means the Livestock Breeding Policy, duly notified by the Government to promote breeding and development of livestock, especially of bovines in the State;

(h) "Certified Bull" means a bovine bull certified by the Authority, which is kept for semen production for a particular bovine breed and meets the standards, as may be prescribed;

(i) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority;

(j) "embryo" means a structure developed as a result of fusion of bovine male and female gametes;

(k) "expert" means an expert who fulfils the requirements, as may be specified by the Authority;

(l) "Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of Animal Husbandry, Fisheries and Dairy Development;

(m) "Misbranded Semen" means a semen whose DNA profile does not match with DNA profile of the bull, mentioned in the record of semen bank or semen straw;

(n) "pedigree" means genealogical information showing the ancestral line of the bull /dam;

(o) "premises" means any place, land, yard, building or any other site that is used for semen production, storage, transport, distribution, trade or utilization;

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

(q) "Recognised Laboratory" means the Northern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Jalandhar or any other national level laboratory, duly authorized by the Authority;

(r) "Registrar" means the Registrar of the Authority;

(s) "semen" means the semen/sexed semen of cow bull or buffalo bull in any form;

(t) "semen bank" means a premises where the bovine semen is stored for trading or distribution;

(u) "Semen station" means a premises, where a facility is set up for production, processing and storage of bovine semen;

(v) "services" means any of the bovine breeding services, as may be specified by the Government;

(w) "sub-standard semen" means semen or semen straws that do not meet the standards, as may be prescribed; and

(x) "veterinarian" means a registered veterinary practitioner as defined in the Indian Veterinary Council Act, 1984 (Central Act No. 52 of 1984).