Uttarakhand Bovine Breeding Act, 2018
No: 19 Dated: Apr, 17 2018
UTTARAKHAND BOVINE BREEDING ACT 2018
[Uttarakhand Act No. 19 of 2018]
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 Uttarakhand and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Be It enacted by the Legislature of the State Of Uttarakhand in Sixty-nineth years of Republic of India as follows:-
Chapter -1
Preliminary
1. (1) This Act may be called the Uttarakhand Bovine Breeding Act, 2018.
(2) It shall extend to the whole State of Uttarakhand.
(3) It shall come into force on the date of publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context-
(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 by the State Government;
(c) “A.I. Technician” means a veterinarian or Livestock Extension Officer or Veterinary Pharmacist (by whatever name called) or trained A.I. worker to be certified by the Authority who possess prescribed educational qualification expertise and experience;
(d) “Bovine” means a cow, bull, cow-heifer, buffalo, he-buffalo 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 fulfills the educational qualifications as specified by the Authority;
(l) “Government” means the Government of Uttarakhand;
(m) “Misbranded Semen” means 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;
(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) “Recognized Laboratory” means national level laboratory, duly authorised by the Authority;
(r) “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Authority; (s) “Semen” means the 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 premises, where facilities are set up for the 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 standard, 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).