Rajasthan State Cattle Fairs Act, 1963
No: 14 Dated: Jun, 15 1963
The Rajasthan State Cattle Fairs Act, 1963
(Act No. 14 of 1963)
An Act to provide for the management and control of State Cattle Fairs.
Be it enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature in the Fourteenth Year of the Republic of India, as follows: -
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan State Cattle Fairs Act, 1963.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context requires otherwise-
(i) "State Cattle Fair" means a Fair mentioned in Schedule I;
(ii) "fair area" means the area of a State Cattle Fair defined by the State Government;
(iii) "fair period" means the period mentioned against a fair in Schedule I;
(iv) "officer-in-charge" means any officer appointed by the State Government to perform the duties of an officer-in-charge in respect of all or any of the State Cattle Fairs.
3. Control of State Cattle Fairs. - The management and control of the State Cattle Fairs shall vest in the State Government and shall be made and exercised in accordance with the provisions of this Act and rules made thereunder.
4. No other fair to be held in the fair area. - No cattle fair other than the State Cattle Fair shall be held within a radius of twenty miles of the fair area within three months next preceding and two months next succeeding the fair period;
Provided that where the State Government is of opinion that it is necessary or expedient in the public interest to do so, the State Government may exempt any cattle fair from the operation of this Act.
5. Appointment of a fair Committee. - The State Government shall appoint in the prescribed manner a Fair Committee to assist the officer-in-charge in the performance of his duties.
6. Levy of fair tax. - [Every person shall, in respect of any live-stock purchased in fair area during the fair period, pay to the State Government in the prescribed manner a fair tax at such rate not exceeding Rs. 50/- per live-stock as may be notified by the State Government from time to time.]
6A. Levy of Entry Fee. - An entry fee, in respect of any live-stock entering the fair area during the fair period, shall be charged in the prescribed manner at such rate not exceeding Rs. 5/- per livestock, as may be notified by the State Government from time to time.
7. Power to impose tolls and fees. - The State Government may impose within the fair area during the fair period, the following levies in the prescribed manner, namely:-
(i) tolls on vehicles entering such area for business purposes; and
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8. Exclusion of jurisdiction of local authority. - No local authority shall impose or levy any tax or fee in the fair area during the fair period.
9. Allotment of sites. - (1) The officer-in-charge may allot sites in the fair area for the fair period to any person or class of persons for any purpose and may fix rents for the sites in the prescribed manner.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred by sub-section (1), the officer-in-charge may allot sites for the following: -
(i) religious societies of the persuasion, if any, with which the State Cattle Fair is connected;
(ii) social and other societies and organisations;
(iii) officials of the State Government or local authorities;
(iv) market places and shops;
(v) urinals, latrines and rubbish heaps;
(vi) bathing places;
(vii) recreation and entertainment;
(viii) agricultural, industrial and other exhibitions and demonstrations; and
(ix) for other purposes of the State Cattle Fair.