THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT, 1960

ACT NO. 59 OF 1960 · Enacted [26th December, 1960.] · 44 sections

PRELIMINARY

Section 1.Short title, extent and commencement.

Section 2.Definitions.

Section 3.Duties of persons having charge of animals.

ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA

Section 4.Establishment of Animal Welfare Board of India.

Section 5.Constitution of the Board.

Section 5A.Reconstitution of the Board.

Section 6.Term of office and conditions of service of members of the Board.

Section 7.Secretary and other employees of the Board.

Section 8.Funds of the Board.

Section 9.Functions of the Board .

Section 10.Power of Board to make regulations.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS GENERALLY

Section 11.Treating animals cruelly.

Section 12.Penalty for practising phooka or doom dev.

Section 13.Destruction of suffering animals.

EXPERIMENTATION ON ANIMALS

Section 14.Experiments on animals.

Section 15.Committee for control and supervision of experiments on animals.

Section 15A.Sub-committees.

Section 16.Staff of the Committee.

Section 17.Duties of the Committee and power of the Committee to make rules relating to experiments on animals.

Section 18.Power of entry and inspection.

Section 19.Power to prohibit experiments on animals.

Section 20.Penalties.

PERFORMING ANIMALS

Section 21.“Exhibit” and “train” defined.

Section 22.Restriction on exhibition and training of performing animals.

Section 23.Procedure for registration.

Section 24.Power of court to prohibit or restrict exhibition and training of performing animals.

Section 25.Power to enter premises.

Section 26.Offences.

Section 27.Exemptions.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 28.Saving as respects manner of killing prescribed by religion.

Section 29.Power of court to deprive person convicted of ownership of animal.

Section 30.Presumption as to guilt in certain cases.

Section 31.Cognizability of offences.

Section 32.Power of search and seizure.

Section 33.Search warrants.

Section 34.General power of seizure for examination.

Section 35.Treatment and care of animals.

Section 36.Limitation of prosecutions.

Section 37.Delegation of powers.

Section 38.Power to make rules.

Section 38A.Rules and regulations to be laid before Parliament.

Section 39.Persons authorised under section 34 to be public servants.

Section 40.Indemnity.

Section 41.Repeal of Act 11 of 1890.