Karnataka Animal Diseases (Control) Act, 1961 (Act No. 18 of 1961).
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Abstract
This Act provides for the prevention and control of contagious and infectious diseases affecting animals in the State of Karnataka. The State Government may by notification, appoint a person duly qualified in veterinary medicine to be a Veterinary Officer and another to be an Inspector and specifying the area within which they shall exercise their powers. The State Government may for the purpose of preventing the outbreak or spread of any contagious or infectious disease in or from any area, by notification: a) direct that all animals in specific area or any class of such animals, shall be compulsorily inoculated in accordance with directions as may be specified in the notification; b) prohibit or regulate the bringing, removal, or transport into such area or any other area in the State animals, alive or dead or of any products of animals or of any parts of animals or of any fodder, bedding, or other thing used in connection with animals which may carry infection, etc.
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An Act to provide for the prevention and control of contagious and infectious diseases affecting animals in the State of Karnataka.
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This Act repeals the following: Bombay Animal Contagious Diseases (Control) Act, 1948 (Bombay Act LIX of 1948), as in force in the Belgaum Area, the Madras Cattle Disease Act, 1866 (Madras Act II of 1866), and the Madras Rinderpest Act, 1940 (Madras Act XIX of 1940), as in force in the Mangalore and Kollegal Area, the Coorg Animal Contagious Diseases Act, 1941 (Coorg Act IV of 1941), as in force in the Coorg District, the Mysore Diseases of Animals Act, 1949 (Mysore Act XXI of 1949), as in force in the Mysore Area, the Glanders and Farcy Act, 1899 (Central Act No. XIII of 1899), and the Dourine Act, 1910 (Central Act No. X of 1910), as in force in the Belgaum and the Mangalore and Kollegal Areas.Last amendments appended up to Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 01.11.1973.
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