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The PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES ACT, 1967

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THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES ACT, 1967
(4 of 1967)
CONTENTS
Preamble.
Sections:
1. Short title, extent and commencement.
2. Definitions.
3. V eterinary Surgeons and Inspectors.
4. V eterinary   Surgeons  and  Inspectors  to  be public servants.
5. Power to prohibit or regulate import, export or transport of animals and the 
holding of  markets, fairs, etc.
6. Cleansing,  disinfesting,  and   disinfection  of  vessels  and vehicles.
7. Duty of certain persons to report Scheduled diseases.
8. Powers of Veterinary Surgeons to hold post-mortem examination.
9. Power to isolate infective animals.
10. Examination by the Veterinary Surgeon.
11. Action after examination by the V eterinary Surgeon.
12. Compensation for animals destroyed.
13. Power to require disinfection of infected premises, vessels or vehicles.
14. Declaration of private infected places.
15. Examination  of   infected   place  by  V eterinary  Surgeon.
16. Declaration   of   infected   places  of   a  public  character.
17. Declaration of infected areas by the Director of  Animal  Husbandry.
18. Removal of  animals  and things  from infected  areas or  places.
19. Power  to  require  return of animals or things to infected  area  or  place.
20. Time for complying with notice, requisition or order.
21. Recovery of expenses incurred under this Chapter.
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22. Penalties for contravention of provisions of the Act and rules.
23. Penalty for keeping or grazing infective animal in unenclosed land.
24. Penalty for bringing  infective  animals to the market.
25. Penalty for placing carcass of infective animal in river, canal, etc.
26. Penalty   for  disinterring   carcass  of    diseased   animal.
27. Penalty   for   malicious  and  vexatious   entry  or   seizure  by  V eterinary 
Surgeon or Inspector.
28. Arrest without order or warrant.
29. Institution of proceedings.
30. Jurisdiction of Magistrates.
31. Bar of claims to compensation.
32. Power of Government  to make rules.
33. Amendment of the Schedule.
34. Rules  and  notifications  issued  under  section  33 to  be  laid  before  the 
Legislative Assembly.
35. Protection   of  action   taken   in  good   faith.
36. Repeal.
SCHEDULE.
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THE KERALA PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF ANIMAL DISEASES
ACT, 1967  * 
No. 4 of 1967
1[xxxx]
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to the prevention and control of diseases
 affecting animals.
2[Preamble.—WHEREAS  it   is  expedient  to consolidate  and  amend  the law
relating to  the prevention and control of diseases affecting animals in the Stae of Kerala;
BE it enacted as follows:—]
 CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1.  Short   title,  extent  and  commencement.— (1) This  Act   may   be   called   the
Kerala  Prevention and Control of Animal Diseases Act, 1967.
(2)  It extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.
(3)  It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in
the Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different areas and for different
provisions of this Act.
2.  Definitions.—In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a)  “animal”  means    any    domestic   animal or bird  or any animal or bird kept in 
 confinement;
(b)  “disinfect” means to free from disease germs;
(c)  “disinfest” means to free from vermins, lice, fleas, flies, mosquitoes and the like;
(d)  “export” means taking out of the State to a place outside the State;
(e)  “import” means bringing into the State from a place outside the State;
* President’s Act enacted on the 11th February, 1967 and published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 24 dated 14th 
February, 1967.
1 Omitted by Act 8 of 1968 (w.e.f. 06.03.1968).
2 Substituted by Act 8 of 1968 (w.e.f. 06.03.1968).
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(f)  “infected  area” means any area declared as infected area by the Director of
Animal Husbandry under section 17;
(g)  “infected place” means any place declared as infected place under section 14 or
section 15 or section 16;
(h)  “infective animal” means any animal which is affected with a Scheduled disease
or has recently been in contact with or in close proximity to an animal so affected;
(i)  “Inspector” means an Inspector appointed under section 3;
(j)  “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(k)  “Scheduled disease” means any disease specified in the Schedule;
(l)  “State” means the State of Kerala;
(m)  “Veterinary Surgeon” means a V eterinary Surgeon appointed under section 3.
3.  Veterinary  Surgeons and Inspectors .—  (1) The  Government may appoint  such
number of persons as they think fit possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed, to be
V eterinary Surgeons for the purposes of this Act and may define the area within which each
of them shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of a V eterinary Surgeon under this
Act.
(2)  The   Government  may appoint  such   number   of  persons   as  they  think  fit
possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed, to be Inspectors for the purposes of this
Act and may define the area within which each of them shall exercise the powers and perform
the duties of an Inspector under this Act.
(3)  A V eterinary Surgeon   shall have   all  the powers of an Inspector under this Act
and may  exercise such powers within the area of his jurisdiction.
(4)  Subject to such rules as may be made in this behalf, an Inspector may, with such
assistance as he may call for, enter at all reasonable times and inspect any land, building  or
other place or any vessel or vehicle, for the purpose of exercising the powers or performing
the duties conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act.
4.  Veterinary   Surgeons  and  Inspectors  to  be public servants. —  Every person
appointed under  section 3 shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of
section 21 of the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860).
CHAPTER II
CONTROL OF DISEASE
5.  Power to prohibit or regulate import, export or transport of animals and the holding
of markets, fairs, etc.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Livestock Importation
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Act, 1898 (9 of 1898), the Government, for the purpose of preventing the outbreak or spread
of any Scheduled disease, may, by notification in the Gazette,—
(a)  prohibit or regulate in such manner and to such extent as they may think fit—
(i) the  import,  export  or   transport  into,  from  or  across  the   State  or
any specified  place therein, of any animal, alive or dead, or of any part of an
animal or of any kind of fodder, bedding or other things, which may, in their
opinion, carry infection;
(ii) the  holding   of  animal  markets, animal   fairs, animal  exhibitions or
other  concentration of animals in any specified area; and
(iii) the sale  of,  or other  traffic  in,  infective  animals, alive or dead, or
their products or any parts of animals which at the time of their death were
infective or any fodder,  bedding or other things used in connection with such
animals which may, in their opinion, carry infection;
(b)  direct  that  in  any  area  to  be  specified  in   the   notification, all  animals
shall be compulsorily inoculated and marked in accordance with such rules as may
be made in this behalf.
(2)  The  Government may, by notification  in the  Gazette, specify the season  or
seasons during  which and the route or routes by which animals may be imported into the
State; and no person shall import animals into the State except during the season or seasons
and by the route or routes so specified.
(3)  The   Government   may   establish   quarantine  stations  along  the  route  or
routes  specified under sub-section (2) for the inspection and detention of the animals
imported into the State.
(4)  The period  of   detention  of  animals  at  a  quarantine  station  for  the  purpose
of inspection, vaccination where the animals are required  to be vaccinated, marking and
issuing of permits for the release of the animals may be such as may be prescribed.
(5)  The animals detained  at a quarantine  station  shall  continue to be under the
care of the person who was in charge of such animals immediately before the detention; and
such person shall be responsible for their feeding and upkeep and for the payment of such fee
for their vaccination and marking as may be prescribed.
6.  Cleansing,   disinfesting  and   disinfection   of  vessels  and vehicles.—(1) Every
vessel or vehicle used by a common carrier for the transport of animals shall be cleansed,
disinfested and disinfected periodically by such common carrier in such manner as may be
prescribed.
(2)  The Government may  appoint  places  where  an Inspector  may  detain and
inspect any  such vessel or vehicle and if it is not in a sanitary condition, require it to be
cleansed, disinfested and disinfected in such manner as may be prescribed and within such
time as the Inspector may appoint.
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(3)  If such  vessel  or  vehicle  is not  so   cleansed,  disinfested  and  disinfected  in
the  manner  prescribed  and  within  the  time  appointed,  the  Inspector  may  cause  it  to  be
cleansed, disinfested and disinfected at the expense of its owner.
7.  Duty of certain persons to report Scheduled diseases. — Every  owner or person in
charge of, every person importing, and every veterinary practitioner who has been called to
treat, an animal which he has reason to believe to be infected with a Scheduled disease shall
forthwith report the fact to the Inspector having jurisdiction in the areas.
8.  Powers of Veterinary Surgeons to hold post-mortem examination .—Subject to such
rules as may be made by the Government in this behalf, the Veterinary Surgeon may make, or
cause to be made, a post-mortem examination of any animal which at the time  of its death
was infective or is suspected to have been then infective, and for this purpose, he may cause
the carcass of any such animal to be exhumed.
9.  Power to isolate infective animals.— (1) Where  an  Inspector  has  reason to believe
that any animal is infective, he may, by order in writing, direct the owner or person in charge
of such animal to keep it where it is for the time being or to remove it or allow it to  be
removed to such place of isolation or segregation and within such period as may be specified
in the order:
Provided that where there is no person in charge of the animal and the owner is
unknown or the order cannot be communicated to the owner without undue delay or the
person in charge of the animal refuses to carry out the order, the Inspector may seize the
animal and remove it to a place of isolation or segregation.
(2)  The Inspector shall forthwith report every order or  seizure  under this section to
the Veterinary Surgeon.
10.  Examination by the Veterinary Surgeon .—On receipt of a report under sub-section
(2) of section 9, the V eterinary Surgeon shall as soon as possible examine the animal and may
also examine all animals with which it has been in contact or in close proximity and for this
purpose may subject any such animal to any test which the Government may prescribe in this
behalf.
11.  Action after examination by the Veterinary Surgeon.— If,  after such  examination,
the Veterinary Surgeon—
(a)  is of opinion that the  animal is  not   infective, the  Inspector  shall forthwith  
return it to the person who, in his opinion, is entitled to its possession:
Provided  that  where  such  person cannot  without undue  inconvenience  be found,
the Inspector shall send the animal to the nearest cattle-pound or deal with it in such
other manner as may be prescribed;
(b)  certifies  in  writing  that  the  animal  is  infective  though  not  affected  with  a
Scheduled disease, the animal shall be dealt with in such manner as may be prescribed;
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(c)  certifies  in writing  that the  animal  is  infective   having  been   affected  with  a
Scheduled disease, the animal shall be destroyed or dealt with in such other manner as
may be prescribed.
12.  Compensation for animals destroyed.— Compensation  shall  be paid to the owner
of an animal destroyed under section 11, and such compensation shall be determined in
accordance with the rules to be made by the Government in this behalf:
   Provided that no compensation shall be payable—
(i)  to any person convicted of any offence punishable under this Act, committed in
respect of such animal; or
(ii)  in  respect of any animal which, when it was brought into the State, was
infected with disease on account of which it was destroyed.
13.  Power to require disinfection of infected premises, vessels or vehicles.—(1) Subject
to any rules made by the Government in this behalf, the V eterinary Surgeon may, by order in
writing, require the owner, occupier or person in charge of any building, yard, vessel or
vehicle in which there has been an infective animal or material, to have such building, yard,
vessel or vehicle disinfected, and the internal fittings thereof and other things found therein or
near thereto to be disinfected or destroyed, in such manner and to such extent as may be
specified in the order.
(2)  Subject as aforesaid, if such owner,  occupier or person fails to comply with  the
requirements of such order within a reasonable time, the Inspector may cause such building,
yard, vessel or vehicle to be disinfected and such internal fittings and other things to be
disinfected or destroyed, at the expense of the owner.
14.  Declaration of private infected places.—(1) If  the  Inspector  has reason to believe
that there  is an infective animal in any field, yard or building in which animals are kept,
temporarily or otherwise, he shall at once, by order  in writing, declare the place to be an
infected place, and shall deliver a copy of the order to the owner, occupier or person in charge
of the place and report his action to the Veterinary Surgeon.
(2)  The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply to any place owned by, or under
the control or management of, any local authority or railway administration, where animals
are temporarily kept for sale or exhibition or transit.
15.  Examination  of   infected   place  by  Veterinary  Surgeon.—(1) On receipt  of  the
report  under  section  14,  the  Veterinary  Surgeon  shall,  as soon as possible,  examine  the
infected place and the animals kept therein and may confirm or cancel the order of the
Inspector.
(2)  If the Veterinary Surgeon confirms the order, he may cause notice to be served
on the  owners, occupiers or persons in  charge  of all  places in  which animals are kept,
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temporarily or otherwise, within a radius not exceeding one mile from the infected place,
declaring such places to be infected places and shall forthwith report his action under this
sub-section to the Director of Animal Husbandry.
(3)  If the V eterinary  Surgeon  cancels  the order  passed  by  the Inspector, the  place
specified in such order shall cease to be an infected place and the Inspector shall give notice
accordingly to the owner, occupier or person in charge of such place.
16.  Declaration   of   infected   places  of   a  public  character .—(1) Where   the
V eterinary Surgeon has reason to believe that infective animals are or have been kept in any
place owned, controlled or managed by any local authority or railway administration and in
which animals are temporarily kept for purposes of sale, exhibition or transit, he may, by
order in writing, declare such place to be an infected place.
(2)  The  Veterinary  Surgeon   shall  cause  a  copy  of  such   order  prepared  in  the
language of the locality to be exhibited prominently in the infected place, and he shall deliver
copies at the office of such local authority or to the nearest station master of such railway
administration, as the case may be, and shall also send a copy to the nearest police station and
shall report his action forthwith to the Director of Animal Husbandry.
17.  Declaration  of infected areas by the Director of   Animal Husbandry.— (1) On
receipt of the report of the V eterinary Surgeon under sub-section (2) of section 15 or under
sub-section (2) of section 16 and after such further enquiry, if any, as he may think fit, the
Director of Animal Husbandry may—
(a)  confirm any declaration made under section 15 or section 16 with or without
modification; or
(b)  cancel any such declaration.
(2)  Where   the   Director  of  Animal   Husbandry  confirms   such  declaration,
either   with or  without modification, he shall, by notification, in the Gazette defining the
limits of the area to which the notification shall apply, declare such area to be an infected
area.
(3)   Where the Director of Animal Husbandry cancels such  declaration, the
Inspector shall  give  notice of  the  cancellation to  all persons to  whom copies of  such
declaration were delivered or on whom notices of such declaration were served.
(4)  On the issue of a  notification  under sub-section (2),  any  place  declared  by
the Inspector or the Veterinary Surgeon to be an infected place and not included in the
infected area so defined shall cease to be an infected place and the Inspector shall give notice
accordingly to the owner, occupier or person in charge of such place.
(5) (a) The Inspector  shall  cause  to  be exhibited, in  the language  of  the locality, a
copy of the notification under sub-section (2)— 
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1[(i) in  the  office   of  the   village   panchayat  or   the  municipality,  as  the
case  may be, within the jurisdiction of which the infected area is situated and in the local
veterinary institution and in the Krishi Bhavan;]
(ii) 2[in the  office  of  the  Block Panchayat], if  any,  within  the jurisdiction
of which the infected area is situate; and
(iii)  in  such other prominent places in the infected area  as the Inspector may
think  fit.
(b)  The  Inspector  shall  also  cause   to   be  so   exhibited  a  copy of any
subsequent  notification adding to, amending, varying or rescinding such notification.
18.  Removal of  animals  and things  from infected  areas or  places .—(1) No  person
shall remove  from any infected area or place, any animal, dead or alive, or any part of an
animal, or any  fodder, bedding  or other thing  used  in connection with  animals, save in
accordance with the conditions of a licence granted by the Inspector.
(2)  Nothing in this section  shall  prevent the transit by  railway, through an  infected
area or place, of any animal or thing:
Provided   that  where  any  animal  or  thing  mentioned  in sub-section (1) while  in
transit through an infected area or place is unloaded therein, it shall not be removed therefrom
save in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1).
19.  Power  to  require  return of animals or things to infected  area  or  place.— Where
any  animal or thing is removed from an infected area or place otherwise than in accordance
with a licence granted under section 18, any Inspector may require the owner or person in
charge of such animal or thing to return it to such area or place and, if such owner or person
fails to do so within a reasonable time, may cause it to be so returned at the expense of the
owner without further delay:
Provided  that  nothing  in  this section shall   affect the powers of an  Inspector under
section 9 to deal with infective animals.
20.  Time for complying with notice,  requisition  or order .—Where  by any notice,
requisition or order under this Act or under any notification or rule issued or made thereunder,
any person is required to take any measures or to do anything in respect of any property
owned or occupied by him or in his charge, a reasonable time shall be specified  in such
notice, requisition or order within which such measures shall be taken or such thing shall be
done, as the case may be.
21.  Recovery of expenses incurred under this Chapter.— Where any  action  is required
to be taken under this Chapter in respect of any property, place, animal or thing at the expense
of  the  owner  or  person  in  charge  thereof,  the  officer  taking  such  action  may  frame a
certificate stating the amount of the expenses incurred and the person whom such amount is
recoverable, and any Magistrate to whom  such certificate is presented may, after such inquiry
1 Substituted by Act 16 of 2000 (w.e.f. 12.05.2000).
2 Substituted by Act 16 of 2000 (w.e.f. 12.05.2000).
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as he may think fit and after giving an opportunity to the person concerned  to be heard,
recover such amount as if it were a fine imposed by the Magistrate on such person.
CHAPTER III
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURE
22.  Penalties for contravention of provisions of the Act and rules.— Whoever —
(a)  imports, exports or transports into or from any part of the State any animal, alive
or dead, or any part of an animal or any fodder, bedding or other thing in contravention
of a notification issued under sub-clause (i) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5;
or 
(b) holds  any   market, fair,  exhibition   or   other   concentration   of   animals     in
contravention of a notification issued under sub-clause (ii) of clause (a) of sub-section
(1) of section 5; or
(c)  sells, or otherwise traffics in, an infective animal or its products or any part of
such animal or the carcass of an animal which at the time of its death was infective,  or
any fodder, bedding or other things used in connection with such animals, in
contravention of sub-clause (iii) of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 5; or
(d)  fails  to  comply  with  a  direction  issued  under clause (b)  of  sub-section (1) of
section 5; or
(e)  imports  animals  in  contravention  of  sub-section  (2)  of  section 5; 
(f)  being  a  common carrier,  fails  to cleanse,  disinfest or disinfect  any vessel or
vehicle used for the transport of animals as required under sub-section (1) or sub-
section (2) of section 6; or
(g)  fails, in contravention of section 7, to report to the Inspector; or
(h)  fails to comply with  an  order  made  by an  Inspector  under  sub-section  (1) of
section 9; or 
(i)  fails to comply with an order made by the V eterinary Surgeon  under sub-section
(1) of section 13; or
(j)  removes any animal or thing from any infected area or place in  contravention  of
section 18,
shall be punishable with fine which may extend, in the case of a first conviction, to one
hundred rupees, and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to two hundred rupees.
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23.  Penalty for keeping or grazing infective animal in unenclosed land .—Whoever
keeps or grazes in or on any forest, open field, roadside or other unenclosed land to which
other persons have a right of access for the purpose of keeping or grazing their animals, any
animal which he knows to be infective, shall be punishable with fine which may extent, in the
case of a first conviction, to one hundred rupees, and, in the case of a  second or subsequent
conviction, to two hundred rupees.
24.  Penalty  for bringing  infective  animals to  the market.— Whoever brings,  or
attempts to bring, into any market, fair, exhibition or other concentration of animals, any
animal which he knows to be affected with a Scheduled disease, shall be punishable, in the
case of a first conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or
with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with both, and, in the case of a second
or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or
with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
25.  Penalty for placing carcass of infective animal in river, canal, etc .—Whoever
places, or causes or permits to be placed, in any river, canal or other water, or in the sea
within ten miles of the shore, the carcass or part of the carcass of any animal which at the
time of its death was infective or which has been destroyed as being infective or suspected of
being infective, shall be punishable, in the case of a first conviction, with imprisonment  for a
term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees,
or with both, and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred  rupees,
or with both.
26.  Penalty   for  disinterring   carcass  of    diseased   animal .— Whoever,  without
lawful authority, disinters or causes to be disinterred the carcass or part of the carcass of any
animal which at the time of its death was infective or which has been destroyed as being
infective of suspected of being infective, shall be punishable, in the case of a first conviction,
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend
to two hundred rupees, or with both, and, in the case of a second or subsequent  conviction,
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may
extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
27.  Penalty   for   malicious  and  vexatious   entry  or   seizure  by  Veterinary Surgeon
or Inspector .—(1) Whoever, being a Veterinary Surgeon or an Inspector, maliciously and
vexatiously enters or inspects any land, building, vessel, vehicle or other place or seizes or
detains any animal, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
six months, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
(2)  No  prosecution  under this  section  shall be  instituted  after  the  expiry of three
months from the date on which the alleged offence was committed. 
28.  Arrest  without order or warrant.— Notwithstanding  anything contained in the
Code of  Criminal Procedure, 1898 (5 of 1898), any police officer not below the rank of Sub-
Inspector, if requested in writing by the V eterinary Surgeon, may, without an order from a
Magistrate and without a warrant, arrest any person who has been concerned in an offence
against any of the provisions of this Act relating to infected areas or places or infected
animals.
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29.  Institution  of proceedings.—No prosecution under this Act shall be instituted
except by or under the authority of the Veterinary Surgeon.
30.  Jurisdiction of Magistrates.—No Magistrate inferior to a Magistrate of the second
class shall try any offence under this Act.
31.  Bar  of  claims  to  compensation—No   person   shall   be   entitled   to   any
compensation in respect of the destruction of any animal or thing or of any other loss, injury,
detriment or inconvenience caused to him by reason of anything done under this Act in good
faith, except as provided for under section 12.
32.  Power of Government  to make rules.—(1) The  Government  may  make  rules  to
carry out the purposes of this Act.
(2)  In  particular, and  without  prejudice  to the generality of   the  foregoing  power,
such rules may be made for all or any of the following matters, namely:-
(a)  the manner of examination of animals under section 10;
(b)  the determination of the compensation payable under section 12;
(c)  the exercise of powers of the V eterinary Surgeon and Inspector under section
13;
(d)  the form of the licences to be granted by an Inspector under section 18 and
the  circumstances under which they may be granted;
(e)  the cleansing, disinfesting and   disinfection of  vessels or vehicles used  by
common carriers, the cleansing and disinfection of buildings, yards and other places
used for animals and the destruction of infected matter or things found therein or
near thereto;
(f)  the manner in which animals shall be  destroyed, and  the  manner in which
any carcass or parts of carcass, fodder, bedding or other things seized shall be
disposed of;
(g)  the test to be applied with respect to animals suspected of being infective;
(h)   the duties to be  discharged and the functions to be  performed by an
Inspector;
(i) any other matter which has to be, or may be, prescribed.
(3)  In making a rule under this section,  the Government may  provide  that a breach
of it shall be punishable with fine which may extend, in the case of a first conviction,  to one
hundred rupees, and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to two hundred rupees.
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33.  Amendment of the Schedule .—(1) The Government may,  by  notification in the
Gazette, include in the Schedule any disease affecting animals which, in their opinion, it is
necessary or expedient so to include, and thereupon all the provisions of this Act shall apply
to that disease also.
(2)  The Government may, by like notification, omit any disease from the Schedule
and on the publication of such notification, such disease shall cease to be a Scheduled disease.
34.  Rules  and  notifications  issued  under  section  33 to be  laid  before  the
Legislative Assembly.—Every rule made under this Act and every notification issued under
section 33 shall be laid as soon as possible after it is made or issued, before the Legislative
Assembly while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in
one session or in two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is
so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly agrees that the rule or
notification should be either modified or annulled, the rule or notification shall thereafter
have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however that
any such modification or annu lment shall be  without prejudice to the validity of anything
previously done under that rule or notification.
35. Protection   of  action   taken   in  good   faith .—  No  suit,  prosecution   or   other
legal proceedings  shall lie against the Government or any person for anything which is in
good faith done or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rule or order made
thereunder.
36.  Repeal .—The Madras Cattle-disease Act, 1866 (Madras Act II of 1866) and  the
Madras Rinderpest Act, 1940 (Madras Act XIX of 1940), as in force in the Malabar district
referred to in sub-section (2) of section 5 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (37 of 1956)
and the Travancore Animals Diseases Act of 1094 (Travancore Act XI of 1094), the Glanders
and Farcy Act of 1091 (Travancore Act V of 1091), the Cochin Cattle  Diseases Prevention
Act, 1093 (Cochin Act II of 1093) and the Glanders and Farcy Act, 1093 (Cochin Act VI of
1093), are hereby repealed.
     THE SCHEDULE
[See section 2 (k) ]
1. Rinderpest or Cattle Plague.
2. Foot and Mouth Disease.
3. Haemorrhagic Septicaemia.
4. Black quarter.
5. Anthrax.
6. Tuberculosis.
7. Johne’s Disease.
8. Glanders and Farcy.
9. Epizootic Lymphangitis.
10. Dourine.
11. Rabies.
12. Surra.
13. Strangles.
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14. Contagious Caprine Pleuro-Pneumonia.
15. Brucellosis.
16. Contagious Bovine Pleuro-Pneumonia.
17. Swine Fever.
18. Ranikhet Disease.
19. Salmonellosis.
20. South African Horse Sickness.
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