Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890

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SECTIONS:
1. Title, extent and commencement, and supersession of other enactments.
2. Definitions.
3. Penalty for cruetly to animals and for sale of animals killed with unnecessary cruelty.
3 A. Penalty for overloading animals.
4. Penalty for practising phooka.
5. Penalty for killing animals with unnecessary cruelty anywhere.
5 A. Penalty for being in possession of the skin of a goat killed with unnecessary cruelty.
5 B. Presumptions as to possession of the skin of a goat.
6. Penalty for employing anywhere animals unfit for labour.
6 A. Interpretation.
6 B. Treatment and care of animals.
6 C. Penalty for baiting or inciting animals to fight.
7. Penalty for permitting diseased animals to go at large or to die in public places.
7 A. Special power of search and seizure in respect of certain offences.
8. Search-warrants.
9. Limitation for prosecutions.
10. Destruction of suffering animals.
11. Saving with respect to religious rites and usages.
12. Provision supplementary to section 1 with respect to extent of Act.
13. Offence under section 4 to be cognizable.
14. General power to seizure for examination.
15. Power to make rules.
16. Persons authorised under section 14 to be public servants.
17. Indemnity.







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