Punjab Animal Health Act, 2019

From: 2019-12-13 - To: 0000-00-00 An Act to regulate the prevention, control, containment and eradication of scheduled animal diseases. It is necessary to enact law for prevention, control, containment and eradication of animal diseases to meet the international standards of import and export of animals and animal products and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Be it enacted by Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as follows: 1. Short title, extent and commencement.– (1) This Act may be cited as the Punjab Animal Health Act 2019. (2) It extends to whole of the Punjab. (3) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.– In this Act: (a) “Act” means the Punjab Animal Health Act 2019; (b) “animal” includes cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, camel, horse, ass, mule, wild animal’s poultry, pheasant, quail, geese, ostrich, zoo birds; and any other animal or bird as the Government may, by notification, specify; (c) “animal market” means a place where persons assemble for the sale and purchase of livestock or animals and includes any place which may be notified as an animal market under the local government law for the time being in force; (d) “animal product” means anything originating or made, whether in whole or in part, from an animal or from a carcass and includes blood, bones, casings, dairy products, eggs, fat, feedstuffs of animal origin, fish products, hair hides, horns, hooves, hormones and their biological preparations and other substances of animal origin which may be specified by the Government; (e) “animal welfare” means the condition in which an animal is required to be kept in view of its physical and mental needs; (f) “carcass” means the carcass of an animal and includes any part or portion thereof; (g) “check post” means any site declared as such by the Government to carry out checking of animals for purposes of the Act; (h) ‘Chief Veterinary Officer’ means an officer designated as such by the Government for purposes of the Act; (i) “competent officer” means an officer authorized to perform functions under the Act; (j) compulsory vaccination means vaccination of any animal against any scheduled disease in respect of which vaccination is…