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The Bombay Diseases of Animals Act, 1948.

Maharashtra
Act number
59 of 1948
Ministry
Govt of Maharashtra
Department
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department
Enacted
30 Nov 1948

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40 sections

  1. Section 1Short title.
  2. Section 2Extent and commencement.
  3. Section 3Definitions.
  4. Section 4Appointment of Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors.
  5. Section 5Veterinary Surgeons and Inspectors to be public servants.
  6. Section 5AEradication of diseases in certain areas.
  7. Section 6Power to prohibit or regulate import, export or transport of, holding of markets, fairs, etc. of, and traffic in, infective animals, etc.
  8. Section 7Establishment of quarantine stations.
  9. Section 8Power to isolate infective animals and their examination.
  10. Section 9Power of Veterinary Surgeons to examine animals.
  11. Section 10Compensation for animals destroyed.
  12. Section 11Declaration of private infected places and examination of such places by Veterinary Surgeon.
  13. Section 12Declaration of public infected places.
  14. Section 13Power of State Government to declare infected areas.
  15. Section 14Removal of animals and other things from infected area or place prohibited without licence.
  16. Section 15Power to require animals, etc., to be brought to infected areas.
  17. Section 16Cleansing and disinfection of vessels and vehicles.
  18. Section 17Power to require disinfection of infected premises, vessels or vehicles.
  19. Section 18Power of Veterinary Surgeon to hold post-mortem.
  20. Section 19Duty of certain persons to report scheduled disease.
  21. Section 19ADuty of person in charge to isolate infective animals.
  22. Section 20Keeping or grazing infective animal prohibited.
  23. Section 21Bringing of infective animals in market, etc., prohibited.
  24. Section 22Placing of carcass of infective animals in river, etc., prohibited.
  25. Section 23Disinterring without lawful authority carcass of animal prohibited.
  26. Section 24Powers of entry and inspection.
  27. Section 25Enforcement of orders and recovery of expenses.
  28. Section 26Power of Inspector to decide whether or not animal is infective.
  29. Section 27Penalties.
  30. Section 28Penalty for placing carcass of infective animal in river, etc.
  31. Section 29Penalty for vexatious entry, inspection and seizure.
  32. Section 30Officers bound to assist Inspectors and Veterinary Surgeons.
  33. Section 31Powers of arrest and seizure.
  34. Section 32Jurisdiction of Magistrate.
  35. Section 33Bar of claim to compensation.
  36. Section 34Officers to act subject to orders of Government.
  37. Section 35Protection for action taken under this Act.
  38. Section 36Rules.
  39. Section 37Power of State Government to add to the Schedule.
  40. Section 38Repeal of C.P. and Berar XVI of 1934 and saving.