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  "text": "THE PUNJAB POULTRY PRODUCTION ACT 2016 \r\n(XLVII of 2016) \r\nCONTENTS \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement \r\n2. Definitions \r\n3. Registration of poultry premises \r\n4. Registration Committee \r\n5. Prohibition on registration \r\n6. Registration or renewal fee \r\n7. Suspension of registration \r\n8. Cancellation of registration \r\n9. Re-registration \r\n10. Appellate Board \r\n11. Appeal against decision of the Appellate Board \r\n12. Requirements for establishment of poultry farm \r\n13. Bio-security measures \r\n14. Fencing and poultry waste \r\n15. Report of poultry disease \r\n16. Inspectors \r\n17. Functions of Inspector \r\n18. Offence and punishments \r\n19. The Tribunal \r\n20. Cognizance of offence \r\n21.  Appeal \r\n22.  Indemnity \r\n23.  Act to have overriding effect \r\n24. Power to make rules \r\n25. Power to frame regulations \r\n \r\n \r\nTEXT \r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB POULTRY PRODUCTION ACT 2016 \r\n(XLVII of 2016) \r\n[29th October 2016] \r\nAn \r\nAct \r\nto regulate poultry production activities in the Punjab. \r\n It is necessary  to regist er poultry premises , to improve qu ality of poultry \r\nproducts and to ensure biosecurity measures in poultry operations; and, to deal with \r\nancillary matters. \r\n Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows:– \r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be cited as  the \r\nPunjab Poultry Production Act 2016. \r\n(2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. \r\n(3) It shall come into force at once. \r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act: \r\n(a) “Act” means the Punjab Poultry Production Act 2016;  \r\n(b) “Code” means the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (V of 1898); \r\n(c) “Government” means Government of the Punjab; \r\n(d) “Inspector” means an Inspector appointed under section 16 of the Act; \r\n(e) “owner” means an owner, lessee or manager of a poultry premises; \r\n(f) “poultry” includes the species such as chick en, turkey, quail, pheasant, \r\nduck, pigeon, peafowl, ostrich or any other bird as the Government \r\nmay, by notification, specify; \r\n(g) “poultry disease” means a poultry disease defined as such by the  \r\nWorld Organization for Animal Health  (Office International d es \r\nEpizooties); \r\n(h) “poultry farm” means the premises for keeping and growing more than \r\nfive hundred poultry birds  but shall not include a poultry sale point  \r\nexclusively used for sale of poultry;  \r\n(i) “poultry operation” means activities relating to poultr y farm, poultry \r\nhatcheries, poultry processing plant, or poultry disease diagnostics; \r\n(j) “poultry premises” includes a site of a poultry farm, poultry hatcheries, \r\npoultry processing plant, or poultry disease diagnostic facility; \r\n                                                           \r\n1This Act was passed by the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab on 19 October 2016; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab \r\non 28 October 2016; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated: 29 October 2016, pp. 2461-2464. \r\n(k) “poultry production” m eans any activity related to poultry farming, \r\npoultry hatcheries, poultry processing plant or  poultry disease \r\ndiagnostics at a poultry premises; \r\n(l) “poultry waste” means solid or liquid waste generated during poultry \r\noperation and such other waste  as the Government may , by \r\nnotification, specify; \r\n(m) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules or regulations made  or framed \r\nunder the Act; \r\n(n) “proximity” means the distance amongst various types of poultry farms; \r\n(o) “Registration Authority” means Director, Poultr y Research Institute, \r\nPunjab or such other officer as the  Government may, by notification, \r\nspecify; \r\n(p) “regulations” means the regulations framed under the Act; \r\n(q) “rules” means the rules made under the Act;  \r\n(r) “Tribunal” means Tribunal constituted un der section 38 of th e Punjab \r\nLivestock Breeding Act 2014 (XIII of 2014); and \r\n(s) “veterinarian” means a veterinary graduate registered with the \r\nPakistan Veterinary Medical Council. \r\n3. Registration of poultry premises .– (1) The Registration Authority may, on \r\nthe  recommendation of the Registration Committee and subject to the prescribed \r\nconditions, register a poultry premises under this Act.  \r\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), a  person shall not establish a poultry \r\npremises or carry out poultry operation at a poultry premises unless he holds a valid \r\ncertificate of registration issued under the Act. \r\n(3) The owner of an existing poultry premises shall, within six months of \r\nthe commencement of the Act , apply to the Registration Committee for registration \r\nunder the Act.  \r\n(4) The decision on an  application for registration of a poultry premises \r\nshall be taken within thirty days from the receipt of the application for the purpose  \r\nand the decision shall be conveyed to the applicant. \r\n4. Registration Committee .– (1) The Go vernment may, by notification, \r\nconstitute one or more Registration Committee to perform functions under th e Act \r\nand assign an area to a Committee. \r\n(2) The Registration Committee shall receive and scrutinize an application \r\nfor registration of poultry premises and send its recommendations to the Registration \r\nAuthority.  \r\n5. Prohibition o n regist ration.– The Registration Committee shall not \r\nrecommend registration of any poultry premises to the Registration Authority unless \r\nit is satisfied that the criteria prescribed by or under the Act has been fulfilled and all \r\nthe information necessary for the scrutiny of the application has been provided.  \r\n6. Registration or renewal fee.– (1) The Government shall prescribe the fee for \r\nregistration and renewal of registration of a poultry premises or a class of poultry \r\npremises. \r\n(2) The applicant shall, in the prescribed manner, deposit the fee for \r\nregistration or renewal of registration and attach with the application the original \r\nreceipt of payment. \r\n7. Suspension of registra tion.– Where a n owner , who holds a registration \r\nunder the Act, is found to have contravened any of the provisions of the Act, rules or \r\nregulations, the Registration Authority may , after affording him or his authorized \r\nrepresentative an opportunity of hearing, suspend the registration by an order stating \r\nthe specific reasons of suspension along with any remedial step or steps to be taken \r\nby the owner. \r\n8. Cancellation of registration .– If the owner fails to take remedial steps as \r\nrequired in the order of susp ension of registration issued under  section 7  within \r\nfourteen days of the communication of the order, the Registration Authority may \r\ncancel the registration certificate after issuing a show-cause notice and hearing the \r\nowner or his representative. \r\n9. Re-registration.– A person, whose registration has been cancelled under \r\nsection 8, may apply for new registration of the poultry premises in the prescribed \r\nmanner. \r\n10. Appellate Board .– (1) The Government shall, by notification , constitute an \r\nAppellate Board consisting of the chairperson and two other members for each \r\ndistrict or for more than one district.  \r\n(2) The owner aggrieved by a decision of the Registration Authority may , \r\nwithin thirty days from the date of communication of the decision,  prefer an appeal to \r\nthe Appellate Board  and the Board shall pass appropriate orders within forty five \r\ndays.  \r\n11. Appeal against decision of the Appellate Board.– Any person aggrieved by \r\nthe decision of the Appellate Board may , within thirty days from the date of \r\ncommunication of the decision, prefer an appeal to Lahore High Court. \r\n12. Requirements for establishment of  poultry farm.– (1) A person shall not \r\nestablish a new poultry farm  within an aerial distance of less than five hundred \r\nmeters from human population settlemen ts of not less than  fifty cluster houses and \r\nshall maintain the following proximity: \r\n1 Broiler to broiler poultry farm 1 KM \r\n2 Broiler to layer poultry farm 1 KM \r\n3 Broiler farm to parent stock poultry farm 2 KM \r\n4 Broiler farm to grandparent stock poultry farm 3 KM \r\n5 Layer  to layer poultry farm 1 KM \r\n6 Layer to broiler poultry farm 1 KM \r\n7 Layer farm to parent stock poultry farm 2 KM \r\n8 Layer farm to  grandparent stock farm 3 KM \r\n9 Parent stock farm to parent stock poultry farm 2 KM \r\n10 Parent stock farm to grandparent stock poultry farm 3 KM \r\n11 Grandparent stock farm to grandparent stock poultry farm 3 KM \r\n (2) The Registration Authority shall not register a new poultry farm unless \r\nit meets all the conditions prescribed by or under the Act.  \r\n13. Bio-security measures.– The owner shall adopt the prescribed measures for \r\npoultry production and poultry biosecurity. \r\n14. Fencing and poultry waste.– The owner shall ensure that: \r\n(a) the p oultry premises is surrounded by a fen ce or wall as may be \r\nprescribed; and \r\n(b) poultry waste is disposed of in the prescribed manner. \r\n15. Report of poultry disease .– (1) The owner shall immediately inform the \r\nInspector or Registration Authority about any outbreak or suspected outbreak of a \r\npoultry disease at the poultry premises.  \r\n(2) An Inspector shall , as soon as possible,  report to the Registration \r\nAuthority of any outbreak of a poultry disease at any poultry premises.  \r\n16. Inspectors.– The Government or any authority designated by the \r\nGovernment may, by notification, appoint a veterinarian as Inspector for purposes  of \r\nthe Act.   \r\n17. Functions of Inspector .– (1) An Inspector may , on his own or on the \r\ndirections of the Registration Authority or the Government, enter and inspect any \r\npoultry premises for ascertaining that the prov isions of the Act, rules or regulations \r\nhave been implemented and submit a report of inspection to the Registration \r\nAuthority.  \r\n(2) The Inspector shall use or cause to be used electronic devices to \r\ngenerate electronic evidence of any of his actions while p erforming functions under \r\nthe Act. \r\n(3) The Inspector shall act as complainant in a private complaint filed in \r\nthe Tribunal under the Act. \r\n18. Offence and punishments.– (1) A person who carries on poultry operation at \r\na poultry premises without valid registration under the Act or who violates the \r\nminimum proximity of poultry premises shall be liable to be punished with \r\nimprisonment for a term which may extend to six months but which shall not be less \r\nthan seven days and  with fine which may extend to five hun dred thousand rupees \r\nbut which shall not be less than one hundred thousand rupees. \r\n (2) A person who contravenes any provision of section 14 shall be liable to \r\nbe punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months  but \r\nwhich shall not be less than three days or with fine which may extend to five hundred \r\nthousand rupees but which shall not be less than one hundred thousand rupees. \r\n19. The Tribunal.– (1) An offence punishable under th e Act shall be exclusively \r\ntriable by the Tribunal in acc ordance with the provisions of the Code  as if the \r\nTribunal were a court of sessions. \r\n(2) The Tribunal may try an offence under the Act in a summary manner in \r\nterms of Chapter XXII of the Code but notwithstanding anything contained in the \r\nCode, the Tribunal  may impose punishment of imprisonment for a term not \r\nexceeding three months or fine not exceeding one hundred thousand rupees or both. \r\n20. Cognizance of offence .– The Tribunal shall not take cognizance of an \r\noffence punishable under the Act except on the complaint of the Inspector or \r\nRegistration Authority. \r\n21.  Appeal.– Any person  aggrieved by a final order of the Tribunal may , within \r\nthirty days  from the date of communication of the sentence , prefer an appeal to \r\nLahore High Court.  \r\n22.  Indemnity.– A suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall not lie against \r\nthe Registration Authority, Registration Committee or an Inspector for anything done \r\nor intended to be done in good faith under the Act.  \r\n23.  Act to have overriding effect .– The provisions of the Act shall have effect \r\nnotwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law.  \r\n24. Power to make r ules.– The Government may, by notification, make rules for \r\ncarrying out purposes of the Act.  \r\n25. Power to frame regulations .– (1) Subject to  the Act and the rules, the \r\nRegistration Authority may , by notification , frame regulations for the matters not \r\nprovided in the rules and for which provision is necessary for carrying out the \r\npurposes of the Act.   \r\n (2) The Government may, by notification i n the official Gazette, repeal or \r\namend the regulations framed by the Registration Authority.",
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