Punjab Livestock and Birds Diseases Act, 1948
No: 47 Dated: Nov, 20 1948
The Punjab Livestock and Birds Diseases Act, 1948
East Punjab Act No. 47 of 1948
An Act to provide for the prevention and control of diseases affecting livestock and birds.
Whereas it is expedient to provide for the prevention and control of diseases affecting livestock and birds,
It is hereby enacted as follows :-
CHAPTER I
Preliminary
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Punjab Livestock and Birds Diseases Act, 1948.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Punjab.
(3) This section shall come into force at once and the State Government may by notification bring the rest of the Act, or any part of it, into force in the State or in any area in the State on such date and for such period as may be specified in the notification.
2. Power to exempt areas from the provisions of this Act. - Notwithstanding anything contained in section 1, the State Government may by notification exempt any area from any or all of the provisions of this Act, or direct that any provision of this Act shall apply to any area with such modifications as may be specified.
3. Definitions. - In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -
(a) 'livestock' means all domesticated animals maintained on farms or by individuals including horses, donkeys, mules, elephants, cattle, buffaloes, goats, sheep, dogs, cats or such other animals as may from time to time be specified by the State Government by notification;
(aa) 'bird' means a domesticated fowl, goose or chick, and includes such other bird as may from time to time be specified by the State Government by notification;
(b) 'an infective livestock or bird' is one which is affected with a scheduled disease or has recently been in contact with or in close proximity to livestock or bird so affected;
(c) 'prescribed' means prescribed by regulations or rules made under this Act;
(d) 'scheduled disease' means any disease for the time being included in the schedule in Appendix I.
4. Scheduled Diseases. - The diseases specified in the Schedule in Appendix I shall in the first instance be scheduled diseases for the purpose of this Act, but the State Government may, by notification -
(a) delete any entry from the Schedule, or
(b) include in the Schedule any communicable disease of livestock or birds to which it is expedient in their opinion that the provisions of this Act should apply.
5. Veterinary Surgeons. - (1) The State Government may either by name or designation appoint any person having the prescribed qualifications to be a Veterinary Surgeon for the purposes of this Act, and may define the area within which he shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of a Veterinary Surgeon under this Act.
(2) A Veterinary Surgeon shall have all the powers of an Inspector under this Act, and may exercise such powers concurrently with his powers as Veterinary Surgeon.
6. Inspectors. - The State Government may either by name or designation appoint any person it thinks fit to be an Inspector for any or all of the purposes of this Act, and may define the area within which he shall exercise the powers and perform the duties incidental to such purposes.