Act Description : THE KERALA LIVE-STOCK IMPROVEMENT (AMENDMENT)
ACT, 1968
Act Details :-
ACT 28 OF 1968
THE KERALA LIVE-STOCK IMPROVEMENT (AMENDMENT)
ACT, 1968
An Act to amend the Kerala Live-Stock Improvement Act, 1961.
Preamble.-Whereas it is expedient to amend the Kerala Live Stock Improvement Act, 1961, for the purpose hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted in the Nineteenth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
Short title.-This Act may be called the Kerala Live-stock Improvement (Amendment) Act, 1968.
Amendment of section 7.-In section 7 of the Kerala Live-stock Improvement Act 1961 (17 of 1961) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for the words "two miles", the words "three kilometres" shall be substituted.
Amendment of section 8.-In section 8 of the principal Act, after sub-section (2), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
"(3) A person keeping a bull, who has been required by an order under sub-section (1) to have it castrated, and the owner of the bull where such person in not the owner thereof, shall not part with the possession or custody, or transfer the ownership, of the bull until it is castrated:
Provided that the provisions of this sub-section shall not apply in the case of an owner who is not the person keeping the bull, if notice of the said order had not been given to him".
Amendment of section 11.-Section 11 of the principal Act shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section and, after sub-section (1) as so renumbered, the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-
"(2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (3) of section 8 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both."
Substitution of new section for section 21.-For section 21 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely:-
"21. Saving.-Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to bull dedicated to a religious institution in accordance with any religious usage or custom and directly maintained by that institution.
Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "religious institution" means a math or temple."
