The Gujarat Live-stock Improvement Act, 1980

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GOVERNMENT OF GUJARAT

LEGISLATIVE AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT

Gujarat Act No. 25 of 1980

The Gujarat Live-stock Improvement Act, 1980

(As modified upto the 31st October, 2012)

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THE GUJARAT LIVE-STOCK IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1980.

CONTENTS

PREAMBLE Page No
SECTIONS.

1. Short title, commencement and application.

2. Definitions.

3. Live-stock Officer.

4. Prohibition for keeping a bull for breeding purposes.

5. Grant of licences.

6. Refusal to grant or revocation of licence.

7. Grant of duplicate licence.

8. Duration of Licence.

9. Inspection of bulls.

10. Power to order castration of bulls.

11. Duty to produce licence.

12. Penalty for keeping a bull in contravention of this Act or rules or without or
in contravention of licence.

13. Penalty for neglect or failure to comply with notice under section 6 or 10 .

14. Penalty for neglect or failure to comply with requisition under section 9 .

15. Power of live-stock officer to castrate.

16. Power of live-stock officer to inspect or mark a bull or to enter premises.

17. Village Patel and village police members bound to assist live-stock officers.

18. Cognizance of offences under the Act.

19. Live-stock officer to be public servant.

20. Protection of persons acting in good faith and limitation of suit and prosecution.

21. Revision.

22. Power of State Government to make rules.

23. Power of State Government to apply the provisions of this Act to buffalo-bulls.

24. Repeal and saving.

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GUJARAT ACT NO. 25 OF 1980 1 
[THE GUJARAT LIVE-STOCK IMPROVEMENT ACT, 1980.]
[22nd October, 1980]

An Act to provide for the improvement of live -stock in the State of Gujarat in the manner
herein provided.

It is hereby enacted in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows : -

1. (1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Live-stock Improvement Act, 1980

(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.

(3) It applies in the first instance to all those villages in which the Bombay Live -stock
Improvement Act, 1933, the s aid Act as adapted and applied to the Saurashtra area of this
State or, as the case may be, the said Act as extended to the Kutch area of the State was in
force immediately before the commencement of this Act and the State Government may, in
consultation w ith the Director of Animal Husbandry, Gujarat State, by notification in the
Official Gazette apply the provisions of this Act to any other village or local area with effect
from such date as may be specified in the notification.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(1) "appointed day" in relation to a village or local area means the date on which this Act is
made applicable to such village or local area.

(2) " "cow" includes a heifer;

(3) "licence" means a licence granted Wider section 5;

(4) "live-stock officer" means an officer or person appointed or invested with powers under
section 3;

(5) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules;

(6) "rules" means rules made under section 22;

(7) "village" means a village as defined in the Bombay Land Revenue Code 1879; and

(8) "a person is said to keep a bull" if such person owns the bull or has the bull in his
possession or custody.

3. The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint any officer to be a
live-stock officer and assign to such officer such powers and duties under this Act, as it may deem
fit.

4. No person shall keep a bull which has attained the pr escribed age except under and in
accordance with the terms, conditions and restrictions of a licence granted under section 5.

5. Every licence for the keeping of a bull shall be granted by a live -stock officer authorised by the
State Go vernment by general or special order in this behalf in such form, for such period, on
payment of such fees and subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions, as may be prescribed.

6. (1) Subject to rules, the live -stock officer authorised to grant the licence may refuse to
grant or may revoke a licence, if in the opinion of such officer, the bull appears to be-

(a) of defective or inferior conformation and likely to be get defective or inferior
progeny; or

(b) permanently affected with any contagious or infectious disease; or

Short title,
commencement
and application.
Bom.
XXII
1933.
Definitions.

Bom. V of 1879.

Live-stock
officer.
Prohibition for
keeping a bull for
breeding purposes.
Grant of
licences.
Refusal to
grant or
revocation
of licence.
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(d) not of prescribed quality, standard or breed:

Provided that different quality, standard, or breed may be prescribed for
different areas of the State.

(2) The live -stock officer granting a licence may also revoke a licence if in the opinion of
such officer there be any breach of any of the terms or conditions of the licence.

(3) No person shall be entitled to any compensation for the revocation of a licence under sub -
section (1) or (2).

(4) If a licence is revoked under sub -section ( 1) or ( 2), the live -stock officer revoking the
licence shall give notice to that effect to the owner or the person stated therein to be the
owner of the bull and any such notice given in respect of a licence shall state the grounds for
the revocation.

7. When the live -stock officer granting the licence is satisfied that a licence granted under
section 5 has been lost or destroyed, such officer may, subject to such conditions as may be
prescribed, issue to the holder of the licence a duplicate thereof, and thereupon all the
provisions of this Act with respect to the licence shall apply to the duplicate as if it were the original
licence.

8. A licence granted in respect of a bull shall remain in force until-

(a) the period specified therein expires, or

(b) it is revoked under this Act, or

9. Any person who keeps a bull shall, at any reasonable time, either at the place where the bull is for
the time being or at any other reasonable place, submi t the bull for inspection by any live -stock
officer when required by such officer to do so and render all reasonable assistance to that officer for
the purpose of inspection.

10. (1) A live-stock officer may, by notice served in the prescribed manner, required that any bull
which has attained the prescribed age at the date when the notice is served and in respect of
which no licence is for the tune being in force under this Act, shall be castrated in a
prescribed manner within one month after the notice takes effect. Such castration shall, if the
owner or other person who keeps the bull requires, be performed or caused to be performed
by the livestock officer free of charge.

(2) For the purpose of this section a notice shall be served on the owner of the bull or on any
other person who keeps the bull.

11. It shall be the duty of any person who for the time being keeps a bull, if a licence is in force in
respect of the bull, to produce the licence-

(a) within a reasonable time on demand made by a live -stock officer or any other officer
authorised by general or special order by the State Govern ment in this behalf in any place
where the bull is for the time being,

(b) before a cow is served by a bull on demand made by the person in charge of the cow.

12. Whoever in contravention of this Act or any rule or order made under this Act or of any terms,
conditions or restrictions of a licence keeps a bull shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine
which may extend to one hundred rupees.

13. Whoever neglects or fails to comply with a notice served in accordance with section 6 or 10
shall, on conviction, be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.

Grant of
duplicate
licence.
Duration of
licence.
Inspection
of bulls.

Power to
order
castration of
bulls.

Duty to
produce
licence.

Penalty for
keeping a bull in
contravention of
this Act or rules
or without or in
contravention of
licence.
Penalty for
neglect or failure
to comply with
notice under
section 6 or 10.
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14. Whoever neglects o r fails to submit a bull for inspection when required by a live -stock
officer for inspection under section 9 or whoever fails to produce a licence when required to do
so in accordance with the provisions of section 11 shall, on conviction, be punishable wi th fine
which may extend to fifty rupees.

15. (1) Whenever an offence under section 14 has been committed, or whenever any bull has not
been castrated in compliance with the notice served under section 10, it shal l be competent to
a live-stock officer to castrate or cause to be castrated in the prescribed manner, the bull in
respect of which such offence was committed or such notice was served, as the case may be.
Such castration shall be performed or caused to be performed by a live -stock officer free of
charge.

(2) It shall also be competent to a live -stock officer to seize any bull, if the person, in whose
ownership, possession or custody it is, for the time being, is not known or cannot be
ascertained after an inquiry in the prescribed manner. On such seizure the live -stock officer
may, if he is of opinion that such bull has attained the prescribed age or is suffering from any
of the defects or diseases specified in section 6, direct that the said bull shall be-

(a) castrated in the prescribed manner, and

(b) sold by public auction or sent to a panjarapol:

Provided that if the owner of the said bull appears within fifteen days of, such
seizure and proves to the satisfaction of the live -stock officer that the said bull is of
his ownership, the said bull-

(i) if not sold by public auction, or

(ii) if sent to a panjarapol,

shall be delivered to such owner on payment of the costs, charges and expenses
incurred for the maintenance of the said bull and determine d in the prescribed
manner, or

(iii) if sold by public auction, the proceeds of such sale shall be paid to such
owner after deducting therefrom the costs, charges, and expenses incurred for
the maintenance and sale of the said bull and determined in the prescribed
manner.

16. For the purposes of this Act, a live-stock" officer shall have power an all reasonable times—

(a) to inspect any bull,

(b) to mark any bull with any prescribed mark in the prescribed manner

17. The Village patel and all members of the village police and all officers of the departments of
revenue, agriculture, animal husbandry and veterinary science or of such other department as the
State Government may direct shall be bound-

(a) to give immediate information to a live-stock officer of the commission of any offence,
or the intention or preparation to commit any offence punish able under this Act which may
come to their knowledge;

(b) to take all reasonable measures in their power to prevent the commission of any such
offence which they know or have reason to believe is about to be committed; and

18. No Court shall take cognizance of any offence under this Act, except on a complaint made by a
live-stock officer or any person authorised by such officer in that behalf or upon a report in writing
made by any police officer under section 173 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.

Penalty for
neglect or failure
to comply with
requiation under
section 9 or 11.
Power of
live-stock
officer to
castrate.

Power of
live-stock
officer to
inspect or
mark a bull
or to enter
premises.

Village patel
and village
police
members
bound to assist
live-stock
officers.
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1974
Cognizance
of offences
under the
Act.
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19. Every live-stock officer shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21
of the Indian Penal Code.

20. (1) No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall be instituted against any person for
anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act or the rules.

(2) No suit shall be instituted against the State Gover nment, and, no prosecution or suit shall
lie against any live-stock officer in respect of anything done or alleged to have been done, in
pursuance of this Act, unless the suit or prose cution has been instituted within four months
from the date of the act complained of.

21. The State Government may call for and examine the record of any order or proceedings of any
live-stock officer for the purpose of satisfying itself as to the legality or propriety of any order passed
by such officer and as to the regularity of the proceedings of such officer. If in any case it shall
appear to the State Government that any order or proceedings so called for should be modified,
annulled or reversed, it may pass such order as it may deem fit.

22. (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for
carrying out the purposes of this Act.

(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules
may be made-

(a) for the whole or any part of the State of Gujarat, and
(b) to provide for all matters expressly required or allowed by this Act to be
prescribed by rules.

(3) The power to make rules conferred by this section shall be subject to the condition o f the
rules being made after previous publication.

(4) All rules made under this section shall be laid for not less than thirty days before the State
Legislature as soon as possible after they are made, and shall be subject to rescission or to
such modifications as the State Legislature may make during the session in which they are so
laid or the session immediately following.

(5) Any rescission or modification so made by the State Legislature shall be published in the
Official Gazette and shall thereupon take effect.

23. The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, direct that all or any of the
provisions of this Act which are in force in any village or other local area shall apply to buffalo -
bulls in such village or local area from the date specified in such modification and thereupon the
reference to bulls and cows in the provisions of this Act so applied shall be construed as references
to buffalo-bulls and buffalo-cows respectively and this shall apply accordingly.

24. On the application of this Act to any village or local area-

(a) the Bombay Live -stock Improvement Act, 1933 as in force in the Bombay area of the
State,

(b) the Bombay Live -stock Improvement Act, 1933 as adapted and applied to the Saurashtra
area of the State,

shall stand repealed in relation to such village or, as the case may be, local area:

Provided that such repeal shall not affect-

(a) the previous operation of the Acts so repealed or of anything duly done or
suffered thereunder;

(b) any right, obligation or liability acquired, accrued or incurred under the Acts so
repealed;
Live-stock
officer to be
public
servant.
XLV of
1860.

Protection of
persons acting
in good faith
and limitation
of suits and
prosecutions.
Revision.

Power of
State
Government
to make
rules.
Power of State
Government to
apply the
provisions of
this Act to
buffalo-bulls.

Repeal and
saving.
Bom. XXII
of 1933.

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(d) any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right,
obligation or liability, penalty or punishment as aforesaid,

and any such investigation, legal proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or
enforced and any such penalty or punishment may be imposed as if this Act had not been
passed:

Provided further that subjec t to the succeeding proviso, anything done or any action
taken under the provisions of any of the Acts so repealed shall be deemed to have been done
or taken under the corresponding provisions of this Act, and shall continue in force
accordingly, unless and until it is superseded by anything done or any action taken under this
Act:

Provided also that the rules prescribed under the Bombay Live -stock Improvement
Act, 1933, and in force on the appointed day shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act, be deemed to be the rules made under section 22 of this Act, for
the whole of the State with effect from the appointed day.

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1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons See Gujarat Government Gazette, Extraordinary, Part v, dated the 24th September, 1980, page
318.
 This Act was assented to by the Governor on the 17th October, 1980.

Bom. XXII
of 1933.

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