Glanders and Farcy Act,1899

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THE GLANDERS AND FARCY ACT, 1899 
 
              
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
1.  Short title and extent 
2.  Definition of “diseased” 
3.  Application of Act to local areas by Provincial Government 
4.  Provincial Government to appoint Inspectors 
5.  Power of entry and search 
6.  Power of seizure 
7.  Horse to be examined by Veterinary Practitioner 
8.  Horse to be destroyed if found diseased: otherwise restored 
9.  When horse diseased, place where it has been to be disinfected, etc. 
10.  Owner or person incharge of diseased horse to give notice 
11.  Prohibition against removal, without license of horse which has been with diseased horse 
12.  Vexatious entries, searches and seizures 
13.  Penalty for refusing to comply with notice under section 9, or for removing horse contrary to 
 section 11 
 
14.  Power to make rules 
15.  Appointment of same person to be both Inspector and Veterinary Practitioner 
16.  Protection to persons acting under Act 
17.  [Repealed] 
THE SCHEDULE.___[Repealed] 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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THE GLANDERS AND FARCY ACT, 1899 
ACT No. XIII OF 1899 
[20th March, 1899] 
 
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to Glanders and Farcy. 
 
  WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law  relating to glanders and farcy; It 
is hereby enacted as follows:– 
 
  1. Short title and extent.___ (1) This Act may be called the Glanders and Farcy Act, 1899. 
 
  1[(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan]; 2[*] 
  
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 2. Definition of “diseased”. ___(1) In this Ac t, unless there is anything repugnant in the 
subject or context, “diseased” means affected with glanders or farcy or any other dangerous epidemic 
disease among horses which the 3[Provincial Government] may, by 4notification in the  5[official 
Gazette], specify in this behalf 6*     *     *. 
  (2) The provisions of this Act relating to horses shall apply  also to 7[camels], asses and 
mules. 
 
 8[3. Application of Act to local areas by Provincial Government. ___ (1) The 9[Provincial 
Government] may, by notification10 in the 11[official Gazette], apply this Act or any provision of this 
Act to any local area, to be specified in such notification, within the Province. 
 
 (2) In any such notification the 9[Provincial Government] may further direct that the Act or 
any provision so applied shall apply in respect of– 
(a)  all or any of the diseases mentioned or specified in a notification under section 
2, sub-section (1), 
(b)  all animals or any class of animals mentioned in section 2, sub-section (2).] 
 
 4. Provincial Government to appoint Inspectors. ___ (1) When this Act has been so applied 
to a local area, th e 9[Provincial Government] may, by notification in the 11[official Gazette], 
appoint12 such persons as it thinks fit to be Inspectors under this Act and to exercis e and perform, 
within the whole of the local area or such portions thereof as it may prescribe, the powers conferred 
and the duties imposed by this Act on such officers. 
 
 (2) Every person so appointed shall be deemed to be a public servant within the mean ing of 
the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860). 
 
1Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955 
2Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (10 of 1914), s. 3 and Sch. II. 
3Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L. G.” which were subs. by the Devolution Act, 1920 (38 of 1920), s. 2 and Sch. I, for “G. G. in C.”. 
4For notifications under this sub-section as amended by Act 11 of 1901 as regards certain local areas, see Gaz. of India, 1906, Pt. I, p. 205, see also 
different local Rules and Orders. 
5Subs. by A.O., 1937, for the words “local official Gazette” which were subs. by Act 38 of 1920, s. 2 and Sch. I, for “Gaz. of India”.  
6Certain words rep. by the Repealing Act, 1927 (12 of 1927), s. 2 and Sch. 
7Ins. by the Glanders and Farcy (Amdt.) Act, 1920 (9 of 1920), s. 2.  
8Subs. ibid., s. 3, for the original section. 
9Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “L. G.”. 
10For such notifications, see different local Rules and Orders. 
For notifn. applying the Act to the whole Area of the Karachi Administration, see Gaz. of Karachi, 1959, Pt. II, p. 209. 
11Subs. by A.O., 1937, for “local official Gazette.” 
12For instances of notifications under this section, see different local Rule s and Orders. 
 
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 5. Power of entry and search. Within the local limits for which he is so appointed, any such 
Inspector as aforesaid may, subject to such rules as the l[Provincial Government] may make in this 
behalf, enter and search any field, building or other place for the purpose o f ascertaining whether 
there is therein any horse which is diseased. 
 6. Power of seizure.  Within such limits as aforesaid, the Inspector may seize any horse 
which he has reason to believe to be diseased. 
 
 7. Horse to be examined by Veterinary Practi tioner.__ (1) On any such seizure as 
aforesaid, the Inspector shall cause the horse seized to be examined as soon as possible by such 
Veterinary Practitioner as the 1[Provincial Government] may appoint2 in this behalf: 
  Provided that, when the Inspector is also a Veterinary Practitioner so appointed, he may make 
the examination himself. 
 
  (2) For the purposes of the examination, the Veterinary  Practitioner may submit the horse to 
any test or tests which the l[Provincial Government] may prescribe. 
 
 8. Horse to be destroyed if foun d diseased: otherwise restored. __ (1) If the Veterinary 
Practitioner certifies in writing that the horse is diseased, the Inspector shall cause the same to be 
immediately destroyed : 
 
 Provided that, in the case of any disease other than glanders or farcy, horses certified to be 
diseased as aforesaid may, subject to any rules3 which the l[Provincial Government] may make in this 
behalf, be either destroyed or otherwise treated or dealt with as the Veterinary Practitioner may deem 
necessary. 
 
 (2) If, after completing the examination, the Veterinary Practitioner does not certify that the 
horse is diseased, the Inspector shall at once deliver the same to the person entitled to the possession 
thereof. 
  
 9. When horse diseased, place wher e it h as been to be disinfected, etc. __ (1) When any 
diseased horse has been in any building, shed or other enclosed place, or in any open lines, the 
Inspector may issue a notice to the owner of the building, shed, place or lines, or to the person in 
charge thereof, directing him to have the same disinfected and the internal fittings thereof, or such 
other things found therein or near thereto as the l[Provincial Gov ernment] may by rule prescribe, 
destroyed. 
 (2) On the failure or neglect of such owner or o ther person as aforesaid to comply with the 
notice within a reasonable time, the Inspector shall cause the building, shed, place or lines to be 
disinfected and the fittings or other things to be destroyed,  and the expense (if any) thereby incurred 
may be recovered from the owner or other person as if it were a fine. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
lSubs. by A.O., 1937, for “L. G.”. 
2For instances of notifications under this section, see different local Rules and Orders. 
3For such rules, see different local Rules and Orders.
 
 
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 10. Owner or person incharge of diseased horse to give notice. The owner or any person in 
charge of a diseased horse shall give immediate information of the horse being diseased to the 
Inspector or to such authority as the l[Provincial Government] may appoint2 in this behalf. 
 
 11. Prohibition against removal, without license of horse whic h has been with diseased 
horse. No person in charge of any horse which has been in the same field, building or place as, or in 
contact with, a diseased horse, shall remove such h orse except in good faith for the purpo se of 
preventing infection, or under a license to be granted by the Inspector and subject to the conditions of 
the license. 
 
 12.  Vexatious entries, searches and seizures.___ (1) Whoever, being an Inspector appointed 
under this Act, vexatiously and unnecessarily enters or searches any field, building or other place, or 
seizes or detains any horse on the pre tence that it is diseased, shall be punishable with imprisonment 
for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or 
with both. 
 (2) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted after the expiry of three months from 
the date on which the offence has been committed. 
 
 13. Penalty for refusing to comply with not ice under section 9, or for removin g horse 
contrary to section 11.  Whoever refuses or neglects to comply with any notice issued by the 
Inspector under section 9, or removes any horse in contravention of section 11, shall be punishable 
with imprison ment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to 
fifty rupees, or with both. 
 
  14. Power to make rules .—(1) The 1[Provincial Government] may make rules 3 to carry out 
the purposes and objects of this Act. 
  (2) In particular and wit hout prejudice to the generality of  the foregoing power, such rules as 
aforesaid may___ 
 
(a)  regulate entries, searches and seizures by Inspectors under this Act; 
 
(b)  regulate the use of test and the isolation of horses subjected thereto, and 
provide for recovering the expense of detaining, isolating and testing horses  
from the owners or persons in charge thereof as if it were a fine; 
(c)  regulate the destruction or treatment, as the case may be, of horses certified 
under section 8 to be dis eased, and  the disposal of the carcases of diseased 
horses; 
 
(d)  regulate the disinfecting of buildings and places in which diseased horses have 
been, and prescribe what things found therein or near th ereto shall be des -
troyed ; and 
 
(e)  regulate the grant of lice nses under section 11 and the conditions on which 
those licenses shall be granted. 
   
lSubs. by A.O.,1937, for “L. G.”. 
2For officers so appointed, see different local Rules and Orders.  
3For such rules, see different local Rules and Orders. 
 
 
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 (3) All rules  under this section shall be published in the  l[official Gazette], and, on such 
publication, shall have effect as if enacted by this Act. 
 
 (4) In making any rule under this section, the 2[Provincial Government] may direct that a 
breach of it shall be puni shable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or 
with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with both. 
 
 15. Appointment of same person to be both Inspector and Veterinary Prac titioner. Any 
Veterinary Practitioner may be appointed by the 2[Provincial Government] to be both Inspector and 
Veterinary Practitioner for all or any of the purposes of this Act or of any rule thereunder. 
 
 16. Protection to persons acting under Act.  No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding 
shall lie ag ainst any person for anything which is, in good faith, done or intended to be done under 
this Act. 
 
 17. [Repeal.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (X of 1914), s. 3 and Schedule 
II. 
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  THE SCHEDULE.—[Enactments repealed.] Rep. by the Re pealing and Amending Act, 1914 
(X of 1914), s. 3 and Schedule II. 
 
 
 
 
 
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Date: 11-09-2024 
lSubs. by A.O., 1937, for “local official Gazette.”  
2Subs. ibid., for “L. G.”