PUNJAB POULTRY PRODUCTION ACT 2016

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THE PUNJAB POULTRY PRODUCTION ACT 2016 
(XLVII of 2016) 
CONTENTS 
1. Short title, extent and commencement 
2. Definitions 
3. Registration of poultry premises 
4. Registration Committee 
5. Prohibition on registration 
6. Registration or renewal fee 
7. Suspension of registration 
8. Cancellation of registration 
9. Re-registration 
10. Appellate Board 
11. Appeal against decision of the Appellate Board 
12. Requirements for establishment of poultry farm 
13. Bio-security measures 
14. Fencing and poultry waste 
15. Report of poultry disease 
16. Inspectors 
17. Functions of Inspector 
18. Offence and punishments 
19. The Tribunal 
20. Cognizance of offence 
21.  Appeal 
22.  Indemnity 
23.  Act to have overriding effect 
24. Power to make rules 
25. Power to frame regulations 
 
 
TEXT 
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THE PUNJAB POULTRY PRODUCTION ACT 2016 
(XLVII of 2016) 
[29th October 2016] 
An 
Act 
to regulate poultry production activities in the Punjab. 
 It is necessary  to regist er poultry premises , to improve qu ality of poultry 
products and to ensure biosecurity measures in poultry operations; and, to deal with 
ancillary matters. 
 Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows:– 
1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be cited as  the 
Punjab Poultry Production Act 2016. 
(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. 
(3) It shall come into force at once. 
2. Definitions.– In this Act: 
(a) “Act” means the Punjab Poultry Production Act 2016;  
(b) “Code” means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898); 
(c) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; 
(d) “Inspector” means an Inspector appointed under section 16 of the Act; 
(e) “owner” means an owner, lessee or manager of a poultry premises; 
(f) “poultry” includes the species such as chick en, turkey, quail, pheasant, 
duck, pigeon, peafowl, ostrich or any other bird as the Government 
may, by notification, specify; 
(g) “poultry disease” means a poultry disease defined as such by the  
World Organization for Animal Health  (Office International d es 
Epizooties); 
(h) “poultry farm” means the premises for keeping and growing more than 
five hundred poultry birds  but shall not include a poultry sale point  
exclusively used for sale of poultry;  
(i) “poultry operation” means activities relating to poultr y farm, poultry 
hatcheries, poultry processing plant, or poultry disease diagnostics; 
(j) “poultry premises” includes a site of a poultry farm, poultry hatcheries, 
poultry processing plant, or poultry disease diagnostic facility; 
                                                           
1This Act was passed by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 19 October 2016; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab 
on 28 October 2016; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 29 October 2016, pp. 2461-2464. 
(k) “poultry production” m eans any activity related to poultry farming, 
poultry hatcheries, poultry processing plant or  poultry disease 
diagnostics at a poultry premises; 
(l) “poultry waste” means solid or liquid waste generated during poultry 
operation and such other waste  as the Government may , by 
notification, specify; 
(m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations made  or framed 
under the Act; 
(n) “proximity” means the distance amongst various types of poultry farms; 
(o) “Registration Authority” means Director, Poultr y Research Institute, 
Punjab or such other officer as the  Government may, by notification, 
specify; 
(p) “regulations” means the regulations framed under the Act; 
(q) “rules” means the rules made under the Act;  
(r) “Tribunal” means Tribunal constituted un der section 38 of th e Punjab 
Livestock Breeding Act 2014 (XIII of 2014); and 
(s) “veterinarian” means a veterinary graduate registered with the 
Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council. 
3. Registration of poultry premises .– (1) The Registration Authority may, on 
the  recommendation of the Registration Committee and subject to the prescribed 
conditions, register a poultry premises under this Act.  
(2) Subject to subsection (3), a  person shall not establish a poultry 
premises or carry out poultry operation at a poultry premises unless he holds a valid 
certificate of registration issued under the Act. 
(3) The owner of an existing poultry premises shall, within six months of 
the commencement of the Act , apply to the Registration Committee for registration 
under the Act.  
(4) The decision on an  application for registration of a poultry premises 
shall be taken within thirty days from the receipt of the application for the purpose  
and the decision shall be conveyed to the applicant. 
4. Registration Committee .– (1) The Go vernment may, by notification, 
constitute one or more Registration Committee to perform functions under th e Act 
and assign an area to a Committee. 
(2) The Registration Committee shall receive and scrutinize an application 
for registration of poultry premises and send its recommendations to the Registration 
Authority.  
5. Prohibition o n regist ration.– The Registration Committee shall not 
recommend registration of any poultry premises to the Registration Authority unless 
it is satisfied that the criteria prescribed by or under the Act has been fulfilled and all 
the information necessary for the scrutiny of the application has been provided.  
6. Registration or renewal fee.– (1) The Government shall prescribe the fee for 
registration and renewal of registration of a poultry premises or a class of poultry 
premises. 
(2) The applicant shall, in the prescribed manner, deposit the fee for 
registration or renewal of registration and attach with the application the original 
receipt of payment. 
7. Suspension of registra tion.– Where a n owner , who holds a registration 
under the Act, is found to have contravened any of the provisions of the Act, rules or 
regulations, the Registration Authority may , after affording him or his authorized 
representative an opportunity of hearing, suspend the registration by an order stating 
the specific reasons of suspension along with any remedial step or steps to be taken 
by the owner. 
8. Cancellation of registration .– If the owner fails to take remedial steps as 
required in the order of susp ension of registration issued under  section 7  within 
fourteen days of the communication of the order, the Registration Authority may 
cancel the registration certificate after issuing a show-cause notice and hearing the 
owner or his representative. 
9. Re-registration.– A person, whose registration has been cancelled under 
section 8, may apply for new registration of the poultry premises in the prescribed 
manner. 
10. Appellate Board .– (1) The Government shall, by notification , constitute an 
Appellate Board consisting of the chairperson and two other members for each 
district or for more than one district.  
(2) The owner aggrieved by a decision of the Registration Authority may , 
within thirty days from the date of communication of the decision,  prefer an appeal to 
the Appellate Board  and the Board shall pass appropriate orders within forty five 
days.  
11. Appeal against decision of the Appellate Board.– Any person aggrieved by 
the decision of the Appellate Board may , within thirty days from the date of 
communication of the decision, prefer an appeal to Lahore High Court. 
12. Requirements for establishment of  poultry farm.– (1) A person shall not 
establish a new poultry farm  within an aerial distance of less than five hundred 
meters from human population settlemen ts of not less than  fifty cluster houses and 
shall maintain the following proximity: 
1 Broiler to broiler poultry farm 1 KM 
2 Broiler to layer poultry farm 1 KM 
3 Broiler farm to parent stock poultry farm 2 KM 
4 Broiler farm to grandparent stock poultry farm 3 KM 
5 Layer  to layer poultry farm 1 KM 
6 Layer to broiler poultry farm 1 KM 
7 Layer farm to parent stock poultry farm 2 KM 
8 Layer farm to  grandparent stock farm 3 KM 
9 Parent stock farm to parent stock poultry farm 2 KM 
10 Parent stock farm to grandparent stock poultry farm 3 KM 
11 Grandparent stock farm to grandparent stock poultry farm 3 KM 
 (2) The Registration Authority shall not register a new poultry farm unless 
it meets all the conditions prescribed by or under the Act.  
13. Bio-security measures.– The owner shall adopt the prescribed measures for 
poultry production and poultry biosecurity. 
14. Fencing and poultry waste.– The owner shall ensure that: 
(a) the p oultry premises is surrounded by a fen ce or wall as may be 
prescribed; and 
(b) poultry waste is disposed of in the prescribed manner. 
15. Report of poultry disease .– (1) The owner shall immediately inform the 
Inspector or Registration Authority about any outbreak or suspected outbreak of a 
poultry disease at the poultry premises.  
(2) An Inspector shall , as soon as possible,  report to the Registration 
Authority of any outbreak of a poultry disease at any poultry premises.  
16. Inspectors.– The Government or any authority designated by the 
Government may, by notification, appoint a veterinarian as Inspector for purposes  of 
the Act.   
17. Functions of Inspector .– (1) An Inspector may , on his own or on the 
directions of the Registration Authority or the Government, enter and inspect any 
poultry premises for ascertaining that the prov isions of the Act, rules or regulations 
have been implemented and submit a report of inspection to the Registration 
Authority.  
(2) The Inspector shall use or cause to be used electronic devices to 
generate electronic evidence of any of his actions while p erforming functions under 
the Act. 
(3) The Inspector shall act as complainant in a private complaint filed in 
the Tribunal under the Act. 
18. Offence and punishments.– (1) A person who carries on poultry operation at 
a poultry premises without valid registration under the Act or who violates the 
minimum proximity of poultry premises shall be liable to be punished with 
imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months but which shall not be less 
than seven days and  with fine which may extend to five hun dred thousand rupees 
but which shall not be less than one hundred thousand rupees. 
 (2) A person who contravenes any provision of section 14 shall be liable to 
be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months  but 
which shall not be less than three days or with fine which may extend to five hundred 
thousand rupees but which shall not be less than one hundred thousand rupees. 
19. The Tribunal.– (1) An offence punishable under th e Act shall be exclusively 
triable by the Tribunal in acc ordance with the provisions of the Code  as if the 
Tribunal were a court of sessions. 
(2) The Tribunal may try an offence under the Act in a summary manner in 
terms of Chapter XXII of the Code but notwithstanding anything contained in the 
Code, the Tribunal  may impose punishment of imprisonment for a term not 
exceeding three months or fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or both. 
20. Cognizance of offence .– The Tribunal shall not take cognizance of an 
offence punishable under the Act except on the complaint of the Inspector or 
Registration Authority. 
21.  Appeal.– Any person  aggrieved by a final order of the Tribunal may , within 
thirty days  from the date of communication of the sentence , prefer an appeal to 
Lahore High Court.  
22.  Indemnity.– A suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall not lie against 
the Registration Authority, Registration Committee or an Inspector for anything done 
or intended to be done in good faith under the Act.  
23.  Act to have overriding effect .– The provisions of the Act shall have effect 
notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law.  
24. Power to make r ules.– The Government may, by notification, make rules for 
carrying out purposes of the Act.  
25. Power to frame regulations .– (1) Subject to  the Act and the rules, the 
Registration Authority may , by notification , frame regulations for the matters not 
provided in the rules and for which provision is necessary for carrying out the 
purposes of the Act.   
 (2) The Government may, by notification i n the official Gazette, repeal or 
amend the regulations framed by the Registration Authority.