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Animal Disease (Control) Act, 1961 Complete Act - Bare Act

StateKarnataka Government
Year
Act Info:
Preamble 1 - KARNATAKA ANIMAL DISEASES (CONTROL) ACT, 1961
Chapter 1
Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section 2 - Definitions
Section 3 - Appointment of Veterinary Officers and Inspectors
Section 4 - Veterinary Officers and Inspectors to be public servants
Chapter 2
Section 5 - Power to inoculate and regulate movement of animals and to control the holding of markets, fairs, etc. and traffic in infective animals
Section 6 - Power to isolate infective animals and their examination and treatment
Section 7 - Declaration of private infected places and examination of such places by Veterinary Officer
Section 8 - Declaration of public infected place
Section 9 - Power of State Government to declare infected area
Section 10 - Removal of animals and other things from infected areas or places prohibited without licence
Section 11 - Power to require animals, etc., brought from infected areas without licence to be returned
Section 12 - Preventive vaccination or inoculation in infected places or areas
Section 13 - Cleaning and disinfection of vessels and vehicles
Section 14 - Disinfection of infected premises, vessels or vehicles
Section 15 - Power of Veterinary Officer to hold post mortem
Section 16 - Duty of certain persons to report contagious or infectious diseases
Section 17 - Duty to segregate infective animals
Section 18 - Powers of entry and inspection
Section 19 - Manner of burial or disposal of carcasses of infective animals
Section 20 - Prohibition of markets, fairs, etc., in infected areas
Section 21 - Powers of Veterinary Officer to subject infective animals to tests
Chapter 3
Section 22 - Penalties
Section 23 - Penalty for keeping or grazing infective animals in unenclosed land
Section 24 - Penalty for bringing infected animal to market
Section 25 - Penalty for placing carcass of infected animal in river, etc
Section 26 - Penalty for disinterring carcass of diseased animal
Section 27 - Penalty for sale or transfer of infective animals
Section 28 - Penalty for vexatious entry, inspection or seizure
Chapter 4
Section 29 - Time for complying with and enforcement of orders
Section 30 - Power of Police Officer to arrest without warrant
Section 31 - Cognizance of offences
Section 32 - Jurisdiction of magistrates
Section 33 - Bar of claim to compensation
Section 34 - Protection of officers taking action under this Act
Section 35 - Limitation for certain suits and prosecutions
Section 36 - Power to make rules
Section 37 - Rules and Notifications to be laid before the State Legislature
Section 38 - Repeal and savings


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