Section 12. Establishment of Maharashtra Bovine Breeding Regulatory Authority.

(1) On and from the date of commencement of this Act, there shall be established, for the purposes of this Act, an Authority to be known as "the Maharashtra Bovine Breeding Regulatory Authority" to exercise the powers conferred upon and to perform the functions assigned to it, under this Act. (2) The Authority shall consist of the following members, namely :- (a) Commissioner, Animal Husbandry, Commissionerate of Animal Husbandry, Maharashtra State, Pune,Chairperson; (b) Chief Executive Officer, Maharashtra Livestock Development Board, Nagpur,ex-officio Member; (c) Deputy or Joint Secretary, (Animal Husbandry), Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department,ex-officio Member; (d) Chairman, Board of Studies, Animal Reproduction, Gynaecology and Obstetrics (ARGO), Maharashtra Animal and Fisheries Science University, Nagpur,ex-officio Member; (e) Deputy Commissioner or Joint Commissioner, Animal Husbandry (Livestock), Commissionerate of Animal Husbandry, Maharashtra State, Pune,ex-officio Member; (f) Deputy Commissioner, Animal Husbandry, Commissionerate of Animal Husbandry, Maharashtra State, Pune,Member-Secretary. (3) The headquarter of the Authority shall be at Pune, Maharashtra. (4) The Authority shall have jurisdiction all over the State of Maharashtra in respect of bovine breeding activities.