The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960

Sections

1. VI — MISCELLANEOUS
2. 1Subs. by Act 26 of 1982, s.15, for " doom dev " (w.e.f. 30-7-1982)
3. I — PRELIMINARY
4. 2Definitions
5. 3Duties of persons having charge of animals
6. II — [2] [ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA]
7. 4Establishment of Animals Welfare Board of India
8. 5Constitution of the Board
9. 5AReconstitution of the Board
10. 6Term of office and conditions of service of members of the Board
11. 7Secretary and other employees of the Board
12. 8Funds of the Board
13. 10Power of Board to make regulations
14. III — CRUELTY TO ANIMALS GENERALLY
15. 12Penalty for practising
16. 13Destruction of suffering animals
17. IV — EXPERIMENTATION ON ANIMALS
18. 14Experiments on animals
19. 15Committee for control and supervision of experiments on animals
20. 15ASub-committees
21. 16Staff of the Committee
22. 17Duties of the Committee and power of the Committee to make rules relating to experiments on animals
23. 18Power of entry and inspection
24. 19Power to prohibit experiments on animals
25. V — PERFORMING ANIMALS
26. 21"Exhibit" and "train" defined
27. 22Restriction on exhibition and training of performing animals
28. 23Procedure for registration
29. 24Power of court to prohibit or restrict exhibition and training of performing animals
30. 25Power to enter premises
31. 26Offences
32. 27Exemptions
33. VI — MISCELLANEOUS
34. 28Saving as respects manner of killing prescribed by religion
35. 29Power of court to deprive person convicted of ownership of animal
36. 30Presumption as to guilt in certain cases
37. 31Cognizability of offences
38. 32Power of search and seizure
39. 33Search warrants
40. 34General power of seizure for examination
41. 35Treatment and care of animals
42. 36Limitation of prosecutions
43. 37Delegation of powers
44. 38Power to make rules
45. 38ARules and regulations to be laid before Parliament
46. 39Persons authorised under section 34 to be public servants
47. 40Indemnity
48. 41Repeal of Act 11 of 1890