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Reward to informers. \r\n10A. Monitoring and evaluation. \r\n 11. Rules. \r\n 12. Repeal. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\nTHE PUNJAB ANIMALS SLAUGHTER CONTROL ACT 1963 \r\n(III of 1963) \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE \r\n2\r\n[PUNJAB] ANIMALS SLAUGHTER CONTROL ACT, 1963 \r\n(III of 1963) \r\n[17 April 1963] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto prohibit the slaughter of useful animals and to regulate the slaughter of other \r\nanimals in \r\n3\r\n[the Punjab]. \r\nPreamble.– WHEREAS it is expedient to prohibit the slaughter of useful animals and \r\nto regulate the slaughter of other animals in the Province of \r\n4\r\n[the Punjab]; \r\n It is hereby enacted as follows:– \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the \r\n5\r\n[Punjab] Animals Slaughter Control Act, 1963. \r\n \r\n6\r\n[(2) It extends to the whole of the Province of \r\n7\r\n[the Punjab] , except the \r\nTribal Areas.] \r\n (3) This section shall come into force at once and the rema ining provisions \r\nof the Act or any of them shall come into force in such \r\n8\r\n[*] area and on such date as \r\nGovernment may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify in this behalf. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following \r\nexpressions shall have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to \r\nsay:– \r\n9\r\n[(a) “animal” means a bull, bullock, buffalo, buffalo -bull, camel, cow, goat, \r\nostrich, sheep or any other halal animal of any age domesticated in \r\ncaptivity;] \r\n \r\n1For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of West Pakistan, 1963 (Extraordinary), pp. 4342-4343. This Act was \r\npassed by the West Pakistan Assembly on March 30, 1963; assented to by the Govern or of West Pakistan on April 12, 1963; \r\npublished in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated April 17, 1963, pp. 1609-1612. \r\n2Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.8.1973), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425 -A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with \r\nSchedule, Part III, Serial No. 60. \r\n3Ibid. \r\n4Ibid. \r\n5Ibid. \r\n6Substituted by the West Pakistan Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 1965 (XXIV of 1965), published in the \r\nGazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated August 14, 1965, pp. 4449-4451, s. 2(a). \r\n7Substituted for the words “West Pakistan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. 14.8.1973), \r\npublished in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425 -A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read with \r\nSchedule, Part III, Serial No. 60. \r\n8Omitted the word “urban” by the West Pakistan Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 1965 (XXIV of 196 5), \r\npublished in the Gazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated August 14, 1965, pp. 4449-4451, s. 2(b). \r\n9Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 2013 (XIX of 2013), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated August 27, 2013, p. 777, s. 2, which was earlier substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control \r\n(Amendment) Act, 2012 (XLVIII of 2012), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated July 30, 2012, p. 417, s. 2. \r\n \r\n1\r\n[(b) “carcass” means a de-skinned body of an animal and includes a part of \r\na de-skinned body of an animal;] \r\n2\r\n[(ba) “Code” means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898);] \r\n(c) “cull” means to pick an animal which is suitable neither for breed ing \r\npurposes nor for draught purposes; \r\n3\r\n[(ca) “gazetted officer” means an officer of the Government at Tehsil and \r\nDistrict level authorized by the Government to act as gazetted officer \r\nfor purposes of the Act;] \r\n(d) “Government” means the \r\n4\r\n[Provincial Government of the Punjab]; \r\n5\r\n[(e) “local authority” means a local government as defined under the \r\nPunjab Local Government Act 2013 (XII of 2013) or a Cantonment \r\nBoard established under the Cantonment Act, 1924 (II of 1924) or a \r\nbody constituted under any other l aw for the performance of the \r\nfunctions of local government;] \r\n6\r\n[(ee) “meat” means the meat of an animal;] \r\n(f) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; \r\n7\r\n[(ff) “rules” means rules made under this Act;] \r\n(g) “slaughter” means to kill animals by any means; \r\n(h) “slaughter-house” means any building or premises used for \r\nslaughtering animals and approved by the local authority concerned; \r\n8\r\n[(i) “stock yard” means any enclosure, constructed, managed or approved \r\nby a local authority where animals ar e assembled for examination by \r\nthe Veterinary Officer to determine their suitability for slaughtering or \r\nwhere animals approved for slaughtering are housed until they are \r\nremoved to the slaughter-house;] \r\n9\r\n[(j) “area” means an area which the Government may, by notification in the \r\nOfficial Gazette, declare to be an area for the purposes of this Act;] \r\n \r\n1Substituted by the Punjab Animal s Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655-4659, s. 2(a). \r\n2Inserted by the Act ibid., s. 2(b). \r\n3Ibid., s. 2(c). \r\n4Substituted for the words “Government of West Pak istan” by the Punjab Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1974 (1 of 1974) (w.e.f. \r\n14.8.1973), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 20, 1974, pp. 1425 -A-1425-PP, Article 2(1) read \r\nwith Schedule, Part III, Serial No. 60. \r\n5Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655 -4659, s. 2(d), which was earlier substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter \r\nControl (Amendment) Ordinance, 1982 (VII of 1982), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary) dated May 26, 1982, pp. \r\n293-A-293-B, s. 2. \r\n6Inserted by the West Pakistan Animals Slaughter Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (VIII of 1970), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 21, 1970, pp. 522-A-522-E, s. 2(b). \r\n7Ibid., s. 2(c). \r\n8Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655-4659, s. 2(e). \r\n9Substituted by the West Pakistan Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 1965 (XXIV of 1965), published in the \r\nGazette of West Pakistan (Extraordinary), dated August 14, 1965, pp. 4449-4451, s. 3(iii). \r\n1\r\n[(k) “useful animal” means: \r\n(i) a female sheep or goat below the age of one year and six \r\nmonths; \r\n(ii) a male sheep or goat below the age of three months; \r\n(iii) a calf below the age of four months; \r\n(iv) a female sheep or goat of the age exceeding one year and six \r\nmonths but not exceeding four years, which is pregnant or fit for \r\nbreeding purposes; \r\n(v) a female animal, other than sheep or goat below three years of \r\nage; \r\n(vi) a female animal, other than sheep or goat, which is pregnant or \r\nin milk or fit for breeding purposes; \r\n (vii) a female animal, other than sheep or goat, between three to ten \r\nyears of age which is fit for draught purposes; \r\nbut does not include an animal which, on account of culling, injury or any other cause \r\nnot adversely affecting the quality of meat for human consumption, is certified in \r\nwriting by a Veterinary Officer or a gazetted officer as no longer a useful animal for \r\npurposes of the Act;] \r\n2\r\n[(l) “Veterinary Officer” means a Veterinary Officer under the administrative \r\ncontrol of Livestock and Dairy Development Department of the Government.] \r\n3\r\n[3. Restriction on slaughter of animals .– (1) A person shall not slaughter a \r\nuseful animal. \r\n (2) An animal shall not be slaughtered: \r\n(a) except in accordance with this Act and in a slaughter-house; \r\n(b) unless the animal is approved for slaughter in accordance with the Act; \r\nor \r\n(c) on Tuesday and Wednesday or on such other day or days as the \r\nGovernment may, by notification in the official Gazette, specify. \r\n(3) A person shall not: \r\n(a) sell, keep, store, transport, supply, offer or expose for sale, or hawk \r\nany meat or carcass of a: \r\n(i) haram animal or of an animal which died of, or has suffered \r\nfrom contagious diseases or has been poisoned to death, or \r\ndied because of gunshot wound or electrocution; \r\n (ii) meat or carcass of any animal which has been slaughtered in \r\ncontravention of this Act or does not bear the stamp, mark, tag \r\n \r\n1Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655-4659, s. 2(f). \r\n2Ibid., s. 2(g). \r\n3Ibid., s. 3(a). \r\n \r\nor certification of the slaughter -house spe cified by the \r\nconcerned local authority; or \r\n(b) sell or cause to be sold any meat at a place other than that set apart or \r\napproved for this purpose by the concerned local authority. \r\n(4) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to the slaughter of an \r\nanimal by a Muslim on the day of Eid-ul-Azha and the two succeeding days of Eid-ul-\r\nAzha or any other religious ceremony.] \r\n1\r\n[3A. Presumptions.– In every prosecution under this Act, the court shall presume \r\nthat any:– \r\n(a) meat or carcass found in possession o f any person who is, or has \r\nbeen, habitually selling, keeping, storing, transporting, offering or \r\nexposing for sale, or hawking the meat or carcass, was being sold, \r\nkept, stored, transported, offered or exposed for sale or hawked by \r\nsuch person; \r\n2\r\n[(b) meat or carcass which does not bear the stamp, mark, tag or \r\ncertification of a slaughter -house has been slaughtered in \r\ncontravention of the Act.] \r\n(c) person who is in possession of the premises, where an offence under \r\nthe Act has been or is being committed by another person, has abetted \r\nthe offence; \r\n(d) meat obtained from an animal slaughtered in contravention of the Act is \r\nunfit for human consumption; \r\n(e) animal captured from the premises, where other animal is illegally \r\nslaughtered, is being kept there for the purpose of illegal slaughtering; \r\nand \r\n(f) person dealing in, or processing skins and hides of dead or haram \r\nanimals, without maintaining proper authentic record under section 9-A, \r\nis involved in sale of meat of dead or haram animals.] \r\n4. Examination i n Stock Yard .– (1) Any person intending to slaughter an \r\nanimal in slaughter-house shall produce the animal in the stock yard for examination \r\nat any time during the hours fixed by the local authority concerned for inspection. \r\n (2) After examination of any such animal, the Veterinary Officer may \r\napprove it for slaughter: \r\n Provided that no useful animal shall be so approved. \r\n \r\n3\r\n[(3) A person aggrieved by a decision of the Veterinary Officer may, within \r\ntwenty four hours of such decision, prefer an appeal against the decision to an officer \r\nnotified, for the purpose, by the Government.] \r\n \r\n1Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 20 16 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655-4659, s. 4. \r\n2Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control ( Second Amendment) Act 2016 ( XLI of 2016), published in the Punjab \r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated September 6, 2016, p. 1625, s. 2. \r\n3Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655-4659, s. 5. \r\n (4) Subject to the decision of the appellate authority the decision of the \r\nVeterinary Officer shall be final. \r\n5. Prohibition to cause abortion .– No person shall voluntarily cau se a \r\npregnant sheep to mis-carry or induce premature birth of its young. \r\n6. Power to exempt.– Government may, under special circumstances subject to \r\nsuch conditions as it may deem fit to impose, exempt any person or class of persons \r\nfrom all or any provisions of this Act. \r\n \r\n1\r\n[7. \r\n2\r\n[Power of entry, search and seizure ].– (1) A Veterinary Officer or any \r\nGazetted Officer may– \r\n(a) enter and search a slaughter -house or any other premises where he \r\nhas reason to believe that an offence under this Act or rules has bee n, \r\nis being or is about to be committed, and may seize any animal, \r\ncarcass or meat, in respect of which such offence has been, is being or \r\nis about to be committed, as the case may be; and \r\n(b) arrest or cause to be arrested any person who, in his view, com mits \r\nany offence under the provisions of this Act or the rules. \r\n3\r\n[(2) A Veterinary Officer or a gazetted officer arresting or causing the arrest \r\nof any person, or seizing or causing the seizure of any animal, carcass or meat shall: \r\n(a) without unnecessary dela y, send the person arrested to the police -\r\nofficer along with a report, in writing, stating facts constituting the \r\noffence for which such person has been arrested; \r\n(b) dispose of the seized meat, carcass or other items under section 9; \r\n(c) seal the premises for a period up to seven days being used for illegal \r\nslaughtering of animals, sale and storage point of illegally slaughtered \r\nmeat to preserve evidence of the offence under intimation to local \r\nauthority about illegal use of the premises; and \r\n(d) send a complain t to the appropriate authority for suspension and \r\ncancellation of the license of the person.]] \r\n4\r\n[8. Penalty.– (1) If a person contravenes any provision of this Act, other than the \r\nprovisions of clause (a) of subsection (3) of section 3, or the rules, he shall: \r\n(a) on first conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which \r\nmay extend to six months but which shall not be less than fifteen days \r\nand with fine which may extend to one hundred thousand rupees but \r\nwhich shall not be less than twenty five thousand rupees; \r\n \r\n1Substituted by the West Pakistan Animals Slaughter Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (VIII of 1970), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 21, 1970, pp. 522-A-522-E, s. 5. \r\n2Misprinted in the Gazette. \r\n3Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Am endment) Act 2016 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Ga zette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655-4659, s. 6. \r\n4Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Gaz ette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655 -4659, s. 7, which was earlier substituted by the West Pakistan Animals \r\nSlaughter Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (VIII of 1970), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated \r\nNovember 21, 1970, pp. 522-A-522-E, s. 6 . \r\n \r\n(b) on second conviction, be punished with imprisonment which may \r\nextend to one year but which shall not be less than one month and with \r\nfine which may extend to two hundred thousand rupees but which shall \r\nnot be less than one hundred thousand rupees; and \r\n(c) on third or subsequent conviction, be punished with imprisonment \r\nwhich may extend to two years but which shall not be less than six \r\nmonths and with fine which may extend to five hundred thousand \r\nrupees but which shall not be less than two hundred thousand rupees. \r\n (2) If a person contravenes any provision of clause (a) of subsection (3) of \r\nsection 3, he shall be punished with imprisonment which may extend to eight years \r\nbut which shall not be less than four years and with fine which may extend to five \r\nhundred thousand rupees but which shall not be less than three hundred thousand \r\nrupees. \r\n (3) An attempt to contravene any provision of this Act or the rules and an \r\nabetment of such contravention shall be punished as an offence under this Act.] \r\n \r\n1\r\n[8A. Cognizance, bail and summary trial .– (1) Notwithstanding anything \r\ncontained in the Code, an offence punishable under this Act shall be cognizable and \r\nnon-bailable. \r\n(2) A magistrate of the first class shall conduct the trial of an offence under \r\nthe Act in accordance with the provisions of Chapter XXII of the Code relating to the \r\nsummary trials.] \r\n \r\n2\r\n[8-B. Cognizance of offences .– No court shall take cognizance of any offence \r\npunishable under this Act or the rules except on a report, in writing, of the fact s \r\nconstituting such offence made by a Veterinary Officer or a Gazetted Officer. \r\n8-C. Offences to be tried by whom .– No court inferior to that of a magistrate of \r\nthe first class shall try any offence punishable under this Act or the rules.] \r\n \r\n3\r\n[9. Forfeiture.– (1) The court trying an offence under this Act may direct that any \r\nanimal, carcass or meat in respect of which the court is satisfied that an offence \r\nunder the Act has been committed, be forfeited to the Government in accordance \r\nwith law . \r\n (2) Any mea t or its by -products slaughtered in contravention of the Act \r\nshall be forfeited to the Government and shall be disposed of through burial, \r\nincineration or any other manner, as may be prescribed. \r\n (3) The police -officer, for earliest disposal of animal, car cass, meat or \r\nother by -product, shall immediately submit a request to the court for obtaining \r\nappropriate orders. \r\n \r\n1Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655 -4659, s. 8, which was earlier added by the West Pakistan Animals Sl aughter \r\nControl (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (VIII of 1970), published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November \r\n21, 1970, pp. 522-A-522-E, s. 7. \r\n2Added by the West Pakistan Animals Slaughter Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (VI II of 1970), published in the \r\nPunjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 21, 1970, pp. 522-A-522-E, s. 7. \r\n3Substituted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Gaz ette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655-4659, s. 9. \r\n(4) Subject to subsection (3) an animal shall be auctioned by a gazetted \r\nofficer at the designated slaughter -house, after making publicity in the prescribed \r\nmanner.] \r\n \r\n1\r\n[9A. Record of skins and hides .– Any person, dealing in or processing of skins \r\nand hides of dead or haram animals, shall keep a complete record of the \r\nprocurements and supplies of the skins and hides in the prescribed manner and t he \r\nVeterinary Officer or gazetted officer may inspect the premises where the person \r\ndeals in or processes skins and hides of dead haram animals.] \r\n \r\n2\r\n[10. Reward to informers.– The court trying an offence under this Act may direct \r\nthat an amount not exceedin g seventy five percent of such sum as may be realized \r\nby way of fine or under section 517 of the Code, be awarded to the person or \r\npersons supplying information relating to the commission of the offence under the \r\nAct.] \r\n \r\n3\r\n[10A. Monitoring and evaluation .– (1) The Government shall, at least once in a \r\nyear, conduct or cause to be conducted, the performance audit of the persons and \r\nauthorities performing functions under this Act inter alia to assess and evaluate the \r\nperformance of those persons and authorities in accomplishing the objectives of the \r\nAct. \r\n (2) The Government shall evaluate the report mentioned in subsection (1) \r\nand shall, on the basis of the report, issue such directions to the concerned persons \r\nor authorities as may be necessary for accomplishing the objectives of the Act.] \r\n11. Rules.– Government may frame rules– \r\n(i) to regulate the procedure for the disposal of animals, carcass or meat \r\nseized under this Act; and \r\n(ii) generally to give effect to the provisions of this Act. \r\n4\r\n[12. Repeal.– Section 43 of the Punjab Laws Act, 1872, is hereby repealed.] \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n1Inserted by the Punjab Animals Slaughter Control (Amendment) Act 2016 (XXV of 2016), published in the Punjab Gazette \r\n(Extraordinary), dated April 20, 2016, pp. 4655-4659, s. 10. \r\n2Substituted by the Act ibid., s. 11. \r\n3Ibid., s. 12. \r\n4Substituted by the West Pakistan Animals Slaughter Control (Punjab Amendment) Ordinance, 1970 (VIII of 1970), published in \r\nthe Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated November 21, 1970, pp. 522-A-522-E, s. 8.", "passage_offset_convention": "zero-based Unicode code points and UTF8 bytes; end exclusive", "passages": [ { "passage_id": "law:punjab-code-9e2af9b0e5f03183:sha256:f27741653f31b2c8ad10213d08a84c4a925e862f05025fd7a147847e5ad9346b:chars-0-1770:053d709985bd72ab42139976edef224d6d19f753923f160bbc78d7f5066a78d0", "character_start": 0, "character_end": 1770, "utf8_byte_start": 0, "utf8_byte_end": 1780, "passage_sha256": 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