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Horses. The buying of stolen horses is attempted to be checked by 2 & 3 P. & M. c. 7 and 31 Eliz. c. 12, which require a record of sales at markets; see, as to these Acts, Moran v. Pitt, (1873) 42 LJ QB 47. As to the limitation of the liability of railway and canal companies for the carriage of horses, see s. 7 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31). As to larceny of horses, see Larceny Act, 1916, s. 3.Cruelty to horses is punishable on summary convic-tion by fine or imprisonment, under the Protection of Animals Act, 1911, s. 1, as amended by the Protection of Animals, etc., Act. 1912, and 9 & 10 Geo. 5, c. 54, requiring the use of anesthetics in certain cases.The slaughter of injured horses by, or by order of, the police is authorized by the same Act, s. 11; while the business of a 'knackers,' defined as a person whose trade it is to kill horses, is strictly regulated by ss. 5 and 6 of the Act and the regulations in the First Schedule thereto. As to Scotland,...
Live stock
Live stock, the word 'livestock' includes animals of every description. It is not confined to domestic animals, Royal Hatcheries v. State of Andhra Pradesh, AIR 1994 SC 666: 1994 Supp (1) SCC 429.Livestock means domestic animal especially horses, cattle, sheep and pigs (see Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary, p. 737). Historically these animals are associated with agriculture as they either help in carrying out agricultural operations or they are domestically maintained in agricultural fields because they can feed on products or by-products of agriculture in its narrow sense. Fishes are not domestic animals and are not included within the meaning of the term 'livestock', Maheshwari Fish Seed Farm v. T.N. Electricity Board, (2004) 4 SCC 705 (713).Means farm animals and includes buffaloes, bulls, bullocks, camels, cows, donkeys, goats, sheep, horses, mules, yaks, pigs, ducks, geese, poultry and their young but does not include any animal specified in Schedules I to V. [Wild Life (Prot...
Medicinal preparation
Medicinal preparation, includes all drugs which are a remedy or prescription prepared for internal or external use of human beings or animals and all substances intended to be used for or in the treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease in human beings or animals. [Medicinal and Toilet Preparations (Excise Duties) Act, 1955 (16 of 1955), s. 2 (g)]The expression 'medicinal preparation' is defined in s. 2(g) as: 'Medicinal preparation' includes all drugs which are a remedy or prescription prepared for internal or external use of human beings or animals and all substances intended to be used for or in the treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease in human beings or animals, Southern Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals v. State of Kerala, AIR 1981 SC 1863: (1981) 4 SCC 391: (1982) 1 SCR 519.Medicinal preparations, in order to come within the ambit of 'medicinal preparations', the intended use of the article must be for treatment, mitigation or prevention of disease. The article must by...
Wild animal
Wild animal, means any animal specified in Schedules I to IV and found wild in nature. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972), s. 2(36)]Wild animals, or animals fer' natur', animals of an untamable disposition. See ANIMALS, and FER' NATUR'....
Slaughterhouses
Slaughterhouses, are licensed in the Metropolis under Public Health (London) Act, 1936 (26Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8, c. 50), s. 144, repealing the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, s. 20, and in large towns by the Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847, ss. 125-131, incorporated by the Public Health Act, 1875, s. 169; by which Act it includes the buildings and places commonly called slaughter-houses and knacker's yards, and any building or place used for slaughtering cattle, horses or animals of any description for sale. As to the powers of the Ministry of Agriculture to regulate and restrict the slaughter of animals used for food, see the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1914.It means any place ordinarily used for the slaughter of animals for the purpose of selling the flesh thereof for human consumption. [Cantonments Act, 1924, s. 2(xxxiv)]...
Veterinary Surgeon
Veterinary Surgeon [fr. veterinarius, concerned with veterinum, a beast of burden]. A person who treats the illnesses, etc., of animals. A Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons was incorporated in 1844, and supplemental charters were granted thereto in 1876 and 1879. The Charter of 1876 directed a register of veterinary surgeons to be kept. The (English) Veterinary Surgeons Act, 1881, regulates the correction of the register, enacts that examinations shall be held in accordance with the charters, and provides that no person not qualified by registra-tion, etc., may recover in any court any charge for performing any veterinary operation, or for giving any veterinary advice, and imposes penalties for false representation as to membership of the college and prohibits unregistered practitioners from using the title of veterinary surgeon or veterinary practitioner. The college has disciplin-ary powers over its members, which have been extended to holders of the veterinary certificate of the ...
Domestic animal
Domestic animal, means any animal which is tamed or which has been or is being sufficiently tamed to serve some purpose for the use of man or which, although it neither has been nor is being nor is intended to be so tamed, is or has become in fact wholly or partly tamed. [Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (59 of 1960), s. 2 (d)]Domestic animals includes all those domestic or tame animals as by habit or training live in association with man; Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 202, p. 83...
Circus
Circus, means an establishment, whether stationary or mobile, where animals are kept or used wholly or mainly for the purpose of performing tricks or manoeuvers. [Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, s. 2(7A)]Circus, means a place where animals are kept or introduced wholly or mainly for the purpose of performing tricks or manouvres in that place, Zoo Licensing Act, 1981, s. 21(1); Pet Animals Act, 1951 (UK) Halsbury's Laws of England, Vol. 2, para 398, p. 195....
Vivis
Vivis., the dissecting of animals alive, for the purpose of scientific experiments, may only be practised by persons holding a licence from a Secretary of State, and subject to the restrictions imposed by the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876; Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Animals.' A Royal Commission published its report in 1907; see also 6 Edw. 7, c. 32 (stray dogs taken up by the police)....
Medicine or drug
Medicine or drug, means--(i) all medicines for internal or external use of human beings or animals;(ii) all substances intended to be used for or in the diagnosis, treatment, mitigation or prevention of diseases in human beings or animals;(iii) all substances intended to be used for or in the maintenance of public health, or the prevention or control of any epidemic disease among human beings or animals;(iv) insecticides, germicides, fungicides, weedicides and all other substances intended to be used for the protection or preservation of plants;(v) all chemical substances which re ordinarily used as intermediates in the preparation or manufacture of any of the medicines or substances above referred to. [Patents Act, 1970 (39 of 1970), s. 2 (1) (l)]...
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