Punjab Herd Registration Act, 2006

No: 33 Dated: Nov, 01 2006

Punjab Herd Registration Act, 2006

(Punjab Act No. 33 of 2006)

    An Act to provide for breed improvement of dairy animals by registering and identifying them with a view to protect the interests of the persons, who rear and purchase dairy animals, and to create and maintain reliable database of pedigree and production and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

    BE it enacted by the Legislature of the Stale of Punjab in the Fiftyseventh Year of the Republic of India as follows :—

1. Short title and commencement:-  (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Herd Registration Act, 2006.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

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

(a) "Authority" means the Punjab Herd Registration Authority established under section 3 of this Act ;

(b) "breed" means a stock of animals descended from common ancestors and having the following common characteristics namely :—

(i) 'pure' a breed wuh characters maintained through generations of unmixed descend as recognise the Authority ;

(ii) 'distinct' a separate breed having distinct characters as recognised by the Authority ; and

(iii) 'evolving' a group of dairy animals in ihc process of evolving into a new breed ;

(c) "dairy animal" means a cow or a buffalo, which includes its offspring ;

(d) "embryo'' means the embryo of a cow or a buffalo ;

(e) "embryo certificate" means a document certifying a fact that the embryo is of a particular breed and parentage ;

(f) "foundation stock" means such dairy animals, as are recognised by the Authority as constituting breeds original stock;

(g) "Fund" means the Fund established and, maintained by the Authority under sub-section (1) of section 13 of this Act ;

(h) "identification' means an act of distinguishing an animal by the marking or tagging it ;

(i) "pedigree" means genealogical information showing the ancestral line of descent of the animal ;

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

(k) "registration" means an act of recognition that a dairy animal is of a particular breed, conforming to a certain level of standards ;

(I) "registration certificate" means a registration certificate issued by the Authority under this Act;

(m) "regulations" means regulations made by the Authority under this Act ;,

(n) "section'" means a section of this Act ;

(o) "semen" means the semen of a cow bull or a buffalo bull ;

(p) "semen certificate" means a document certifying a fact that the semen is of a particular cow bull or buffalo bull, breed and parentage ; and

(q) "State Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab.