Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009
Bare Act · 2009
An Act to provide for the prevention, control and eradication of infectious and contagious diseases affecting animals, for prevention of outbreak or spreading of such diseases from one State to another, and to meet the international obligations of India for facilitating import and export of animals and animal products and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 27 of 2009
- Enacted
- 20 March 2009
- Contents
- 49 sections · 8 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Control Of Scheduled Diseases
- Section 3 – Appointment of Veterinary Officers
- Section 4 – Reporting scheduled diseases obligatory
- Section 5 – Duty to segregate infected animals
- Section 6 – Notification of controlled areas and free areas (preview)
- Section 7 – Prohibition of movement of animals from controlled area (preview)
- Section 8 – Vaccination, marking and issue of vaccination certificate (preview)
- Section 9 – Contents of vaccination certificate (preview)
- Section 10 – Entry and exit of animals into controlled area and free area (preview)
- Section 12 – Prohibition of markets, fairs, exhibition, etc., in the controlled areas (preview)
- Section 13 – Prohibition of bringing of infected animals into market and other places (preview)
- Section 14 – Check Posts and Quarantine Camps (preview)
- Section 15 – Inspection and detention of animals at Check Posts and Quarantine Camps (preview)
- Section 16 – Entry and exit of vaccinated animals into controlled and free areas (preview)
- Section 17 – Appointment of Competent Officers (preview)
- Section 18 – Cleaning and disinfection of carriers (preview)
- Section 19 – Powers of entry and inspection (preview)
Sections
- Section 11 – Precautionary measures in relation to controlled areas (preview)
- Section 33A – Adjudication of penalties (preview)
- Section 33B – Appeal (preview)
- Section 33C – Imprisonment for non-payment of penalty (preview)
- Section 33D – Remittance of penalty (preview)
- Section 39 – Power to issue directions (preview)
Chapter III — Infected Areas
- Section 20 – Declaration of infected areas (preview)
- Section 21 – Effect of declaration of infected areas (preview)
- Section 22 – Denotification of infected area (preview)
Chapter IV — Infected Animals
- Section 23 – Segregation, examination and treatment of infected animals (preview)
- Section 24 – Drawing samples from animals (preview)
- Section 25 – Resort to euthanasia for infected animals (preview)
- Section 26 – Disposal of carcass (preview)
- Section 27 – Powers of Veterinary Officer and Veterinarian to hold post-mortem examinations (preview)
- Section 28 – Seizure and removal of certain animals (preview)
Chapter V — Enforcement And Penalties
- Section 29 – Enforcement of orders and recovery of expenses (preview)
- Section 30 – Village Officers, etc., to assist (preview)
- Section 31 – Penalty for issuing vaccination certificate without authority or administering defective vaccine (preview)
- Section 32 – Penalty for contravention and obstruction in duty (preview)
- Section 33 – Penalty for placing animal carcass in open place and in water source (preview)
- Section 34 – Offences by companies (preview)
Chapter VI
Chapter VII — Miscellaneous
- Section 36 – Power to delegate (preview)
- Section 37 – Officers and authorities to function subject to Government control (preview)
- Section 38 – Power to amend the Schedule (preview)
- Section 40 – Certain persons to be public servants (preview)
- Section 41 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
- Section 42 – Power of Central Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 43 – Power of State Government to make rules (preview)
- Section 44 – Laying of rules (preview)
- Section 45 – Repeal and savings (preview)