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THE
PREVEr-rrIONOFCRUELTYTO
AI\TJMALS
ACT,1890
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tACT
No.XI
OF
1890
(21stMarch,
1890).,(Asmodified
upto
the15th
December,
1937).
ANA
CT
forthePrevention
of
CrueltytoAnimals
'VHEREASitisexpedienttomakefurtherprovision
ntdlC.
~
'f
h.
fl
'
an
.eom-
or
teprevention
0
crue
ty
toanimals.
It
is
herebyenacted
mericemeDt,
as
follows'_.
and.
s u p e r
~
,scsslon
of
1._
(1)
Th
isAct
may
be
called
the
Prevention
of
:=
r..
enact
CrueltytoAnimalsAct,
1890,
(2)
Thissection
extends
tothewholeofBritishIndia;''.," andthe
2(Pr
ovincialGovernment)mav.bynotification intheofficial
Gaz
ette.
extend.on
and
fromadatetohe
specified
inthenoti
fi
cation.thewhole
or
~
T l
V
n
art
of
the
rest
ofthis
Act
toany
such
localareaasitthinksfit.
(
3)
Whenany
part
ofthis
Act
hasbeenextended undersub-section
(2)
toalocal'area,the2(Provincial Governmen
t)
may,bynotificationintheofficialGazette, directthatthewhole
or
anx
part
ofanyotherenactment
in
forceinthelocalarea
for
thepreventionofcrueltyto animalsshall,exceptasregardsanythingdone
or
anyoffencecommittedoranyfineorpenaltyincurredorany
pro
ceedingscommenced,ceasetohaveeffectinthelocal area.andsuchwholeor
nartshallcease.
tohave
effect
accordlnzlyuntilthe
2
(
Pr
ovincialGovernment),byalikenotification.otherwisedirects.
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1For
Stlltempntof
Ohiec
f<:
nnd
~ p l 1
~ o
n ! l
See
"O
ll"ette
ofTndl
a",
11!90,
1't.
V..P.4:f
or
renort
.)f'
tp"
s ,
~ t
e c t
ro
",mltte
e.
see
1M".
p,
95,and
for
Proceedings1nCouncil.'leeIhld.'Pt.VI.
pp,
4.10and62..,
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Ad
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of
theSonthaIParganasSettlementRe('!,lat;on(3
of
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and"Sch,
of
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T,,,,,,s
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.
191(,
(4
of
1936).
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e
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e
\ V
n r
~
~
wpr"
...
h.t;t"
terl
for
the
w n
r
d ~
'"neal
nove
rnment"
by
the
povemmentof
Ind
ia(Adapation
ofIndiaLaws)Order,1937..
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t
 
z
Preventi
on
of
Cruelty
toAnim
al
s
(A
cT.
XI
]
3.If
'(0)
,·
~
t
tJI.
IleCtk>n
2.,
ActXI
of
1898.
.
Snbstitbtion
of
new
8ec:tion
for
8eCtion
3,
MXIot
1890.
Penalty
fbr
cruelty
to
animals,
aDd
for
saleof
animals
tilled
with
UDDceeIIlUY
cruelty.
(
4)
Th
e
1
(P
rovincialGovernment)may
cancel
orvarv
rW
nU
iQlll
anotificationundersub-section(2)orsub-section
(3)..
2.InthisAct,unlessthereissomethingrepugnant
in
thesubjectorcontext-
e
1)
"animal"meananydomesticorcaptured animal.
(2)
"street"includesanyway,road,lane,square, court,alley,passageoropenspace,whether
a
thoroughfare
ornot,
to
whichthepublichave
access.
(:3
)
Ph
ooka
ordoomdev
includesanvprocessof
introducingairoranysubstanceintothefemale
or
gan
ofa
milchanimalwiththe
obiec
t
of
d.
fff
th.I
I>
ti.
'f
rawing
0
r
om
liearumaanysecreon
or
mi
lk
,
any
person- overdrives, beats.
or
otherwisetreats'any animalsoastosubjectittounnecess
ar
y'painor suffering,or'
'(
b)
binds,keeps,carries
or
consigns
for'c
arr
iageany .animal
in
suchmanner
or
position
as
to
subject
ittounnecessary
pain
or
suffering,
or
(
c)
offersforsaleorwithoutreasonablecausehas inhispossessionanyliveanimal'whichis sufferingpainbyreasonofmutilation,starvation, thirst,over-crowdingorotherilltreatment,
or
'(
dY
offersforsaleanydeadanimal
or
part
ofa
dea
danimalwhichhehasreasonto.believehas
been
killedinanunnecessarilycruelmanner,or
'(
e
Y
withoutreasonablecauseabandonsanyanimal incircumstanceswhichr
ender
itlikelythatit
will
sufferpainbyreasonofstarvationorthirst, h
eshall
bepunished,inthecaseofafirstoffence,withfine whichmayextendtofiftyrupees,
-or
with
imnrisonment
for
a
termwhichmayextendtoonemonth
and
,
inthecase
ofa
secondorsubsequentoffence
committed
within
three
yeat
softhepreviousoffence,'with
fine
'which
may
extend
to
one
hundred
rnn
ees,
or
with
i
m n r i
~
f " l t " l r n p n
t
foraterm
whichmay
extendto
thr
eemonths.orwithboth,
1These
words
were
suhstitutedforthewords
"LocalGovernment"
~
fht
OovernmentofIndia
(Adaptation
ofIndia
laws
)
Order,1937.
 
[ACT
XIlr
.l'reventionof
Cruelty
to
Animals.
,.
,.3-A.(
1)
If
anypersonoverloadsany
animal
he
IDsertiaII
II
shall.be
~ u n i
~ h e d
withfinewhichmayextendtofifty
r u ' p e e S ~
' 3 ~ ! i ~
orwit
hi
mprisonmentforatermwhichmayextendtoone
X I o f 1 8 ~
month.
'.
.-.'
'-
(2)
If
theO\\
11
erofanyanimal,orany
pe
rsonwho,'
eitheras
atrader,carrierorcontractororbyvirtueof
his
e ~
p
l
o y
m
e
n
~
byatrader,carrier,
or
contractor,
is
in
posses
sionof,or
III
controloftheloadingofsuchanimal;
he
shall
bepunished
with
finewhichmayextendtoonehundred rupees...
.
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i.'''__
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t
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> l
4.
(L)
If.
anypersonperformsupon
any"
cow.
or
Snharit'Itbi
,"
othermilchanimalthe"operation-called
phooka
-
or
doom
~
~ ~
.=
dev,orpermitssuchoperationto
be
performedupon
-any
XIof1890."
suchanimalinhisp.ossessionorunderhiscontrol,he
shall
be
punishedwith
fine
whichmayextend
--
tofivehundredrupees,-or
With
imprisonmentfora'termwhichmayextend
to
twoyears,
or
wi
th
both,andtheanimalonwhichthe operation
was
performed
shall
beforfeitedtoGovernment. Providedthat
in
the
case_ofasecondorsubsequent
PezW!';
"
f$
.conviction
ofapersonunderthissection'heshallbe
= ~
punishedwith
fine
whichmayextendtofivehundredrupees
and
with
.impris
onment
for
a
termwhichmayextend
to
two
.years..
(2)
A
Court
mayorder
pa
yme
nt
outofany
fine
c
:'
imposed'underthissectionofanamount
not
exceedingone-tenthofthefinetoany
person
otherthan
a
policeofficeroro
ffi
cer
of
asocietyor
instituti
on
concernedwith
th
e
'prevention
of
crueltytoanimalswho
has
giveninformationleadingtotheconviction...
5.If
any
personkillsanyanimalinanunnecessarily
P.el!alty
f ~
cruelmanner;heshallbepunishedwithfinewhichmay
~ ~ I : a
wia:
extend
totwo
hundred
rupees,
or
wi
11
imprisonment
f
or
a
unnecessary
term
which
lTI2.y
extendto
sixmonths,orwith
both.
~ ~ ~ e r e .
,1
( 5 ~
A .
If
any
person
has
in
his
possession
theskin
Pe!lalty.
for
-1"
,1
t
th
t
hben
being
10
ofa
Q"
oat,andhasreason
to.bencve
iJ13
l
egoa
as
e
possession
of
k
m
t
~ c r
i
n
an
unnecessarilyc
ruelman
ner,
be
shall
be
punisp
:ed
~
~ t
s}j
3
e3
f
with
tine
which
mew
extendtoonehu
ndr
ed
rupees,or
WI
th
with
un
imnrlsonr
rv
r-t
whi
r.
h
rnave
xt
end
to
three
months,orwith
~ = ? '
both,
andthe
skinshan
becon
fi
scatrd.).
Presump-
1
(
:;
.}j;.
If
~
n
v
! " '
e
l " ~ ( ' r .
:
~
(
-r:'
''
{T
''d
v,:
<-
hthe
offence
of
~ : : e s : i o ~
of
' ~
l ' 1 1
1
n ( J
( J
n
~
t
c
: " \ r t r ~
......
:
to
th'"
n
r ( ~ , ,
: , ,
;,
-
t
r :
~
of
,,"ction5.
or
the
skin
of
I\,.
r
>;".'
aoat.
-
1Sections
SA
and5Bwereinserted
by
s.
Z
of
the
Prevention/of
Cru
eltY
10(Am-mdment)Act.1917(14of1?17)._".
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