West Pakistan Goats (Restriction) Ordinance, 1959

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THE WEST PAKISTAN GOATS (RESTRICTION) ORDINANCE, 
1959 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CONTENTS 
 
Preamble 
1. Short title and extent 
2. Definitions 
3. Restriction on grazing, etc. of goats 
4. Power to regulate movement of goats 
5. Power to regulate slaughter of goats 
6. Penalty 
7. Offence to be cognizable and bailable 
8. Powers of certain officers to arrest the offender 
9. Person arrested and goat seized to be released on bond 
10. Power to try the offence summarily 
11. Protection of action taken under the Ordinance 
12. Power to make rules 
  
 

 
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THE WEST PAKISTAN GOATS (RESTRICTION) ORDINANCE, 1959 
WEST PAKISTAN ORDINANCE No. OF 1959. 
[18th July, 1959] 
AN 
ORDINANCE 
to restrict the number of goats in West Pakistan. 
Preamble. WHEREAS it is expedient in the public interest to restrict the number of goats in 
the Province of West Pakistan; 
NOW, THEREFORE, in pursuance of the Presidential Proclamation of the seventh day of 
October, 1958, and in exercise of all powers enabling him in that behalf, the Governor of West Pakistan 
is pleased to make and promulgate the following Ordinance:__ 
1. Short title and extent . (1) This Ordinance may be called the West Pakistan  Goats 
(Restriction) Ordinance, 1959. 
(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of West Pakistan, except 1[* * *] 2[the Tribal Areas]. 
2. Definitions. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires, the following 
expressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say__ 
(i) “Government” means the Government of West Pakistan; 
(ii) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Ordinance; 
(iii) “slaughter-house” means any building, premises or place used in connection 
with the business of killing or slaughtering animals intended for human 
consumption, and shall include a public slaughter -house maintained by a local 
authority and a private slaughter-house duly licensed for that purpose under any 
law for the time being in force. 
3. Restriction on grazing, etc. of goats. Government may, by notification, declare that in any 
specified area, hereinafter referred to as local area, it shall be unlawful__ 
(a) after twelve months of the publication of the notification, to graze or pasture 
goats on any land; and 
(b) after eighteen months of the publication of the notification, to keep goats: 
 
 
1Deleted by the West Pakistan Ordinance No. XXVII of 1961, s. 2. 
2Subs. by the West Pakistan Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1964 (w. e. f. 8.6.1962). 
 
 
 
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Provided that Government may in any area permit the keeping of goats subject to such 
conditions as may be prescribed. 
4. Power to regulate movement of goats . Government may in such manner  as may be 
prescribed regulate the leading, driving, conducting or conveying of goats in any local area. 
5. Power to regulate slaughter of goats . Government may in such manner as may be 
prescribed regulate the slaughter of goats including the proportion of the goats to the sheep that may 
be slaughtered in a slaughter-house on any day. 
6. Penalty. Any person who contravenes the provisions of section 3, section 4 or section 5 or 
such of the rules made under this Ordinance as may be specified shall be punished with imprisonment 
which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both, 
and in addition thereto the goat concerned in the offence shall be forfeited to Government. 
7. Offence to be cognizable and bailable. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of 
Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), an offence punishable under this Ordinance shall be cognizable 
and bailable within the meanings of the said Code. 
8. Powers of certain officers to arrest the offender. (1) Any officer specially empowered by 
Government in this behalf may, without order from a Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest any 
person committing an offence under this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder and may seize the 
goat concerned in the offence. 
(2) The officer making an arrest under sub -section (1) shall, without unnecessary delay and 
subject to the provisions of this Ordinance as to release on bond, take or send the person arrested and 
such goat to the nearest police station. 
9. Person arrested and goat seized to be released on bond. (1) Any officer making an arrest 
under sub-section (1) of section 8 shall release such person on his  executing a bond to appear, when 
so required, before the officer in charge of the nearest police station. 
(2) Where any officer, as aforesaid, has seized any goat, he shall release it to the person from 
whose possession it was seized or to the owner thereof on his executing a bond for producing it before 
the officer in charge of the nearest police station. 
10. Power to try the offence summarily. An offence under this Ordinance shall be summarily 
triable and in such proceedings the provisions for summary trial prescribed in the Code of Criminal 
Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898), shall apply. 
11. Protection of action taken under the Ordinance. No suit shall lie against any officer for 
anything done by him in good faith under this Ordinance. 
12. Power to make rules. (1) Government may, after previous publication, make rules to carry 
out the purposes of this Ordinance. 
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may 
provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:__ 
(a) procedure for application of this Ordinance to any local area; 
(b) conditions and procedure for permission to keep goats in a local area; 
 
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(c) regulation of the leading, driving, conducting or conveying of goats in or 
through a local area; 
(d) regulation of the proportion of goats and sheep slaughtered in a slaughter-house; 
and 
(e) maintenance of records and submission of returns relating to slaughter of goats 
and sheep. 
 
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