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The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890
lAct No. XI OF 1890
[21st March, 1890]
An Act for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals
WHEREAS it
is
expedient to
make further provision for the prevention of cruelty to animals; It is hereby enacted as follows:---
1. Title, extent and commencement, and suppression of other enactments.–(1) This Act
may be called the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1890.
(2) This section extends to 2[the whole of Pakistan] and the 3[Provincial Government]
may, by notification in the official Gazette, extend, on and from a date to be specified in the notification, the whole or any part of the rest of this Act to any such local area as it thinks fit.
(3) When any part of this Act has been extended under subsection (2) to a local area, the
3[Provincial Government] may, by notification in the official Gazette, direct that the whole or
any
part
of any other enactment in force in the local area for the prevention of cruelty to animals
shall, except as regards anything done or any offence committed or any fine or penalty incurred
or any proceedings commenced, cease to have effect in the local area, and such whole or part
shall cease to have effect accordingly until the 3[Provincial Government], by a like notification,
otherwise directs.
(4) The 3[Provincial Government] may cancel or vary a notification under sub-section (2) or sub-section (3).
1For Statement of
Objects and Reasons, see Gazette of India, 1890, Pt. V, p. 4 ; for Report of
the Select Committee, see ibid., p. 95, and for
pro-
ceedings in
Council, see ibid., Pt. VI, pp. 4, 10 and 62.
This Act has been declared
in
force in
It has been applied to Phulera in the Excluded Area of Upper Tanawal to the extent the Act is Applicable in the N.W.F.P., subject to certain
modifications ; and also extended to the Excluded Area of Upper Tanawal (N.W.F.P.) other than Phulera with effect from such date and subject
to such modifications as may be notified, see N.W.F.P. (Upper Tanawal) (Excluded Area) Laws Regulation, 1950.
It has also been extended to the Leased Areas of Baluchistan, see the Leased Areas (Laws) Order, 1950 (G.G.O. 3 of 1950); and applied in the
Federated Areas of
Baluchistan, see Gazette of India, 1937, pt. I, p. 1499.
This Act has been amended
to the extent of
2Subs. by the Central Laws (Statute Reform) Ordinance, 1960 (21 of 1960), s. 3 and 2nd Sch. (with effect from the 14th October, 1955), for “all the Provinces and the Capital of the Federation” which
had
been subs. by A. O., 1949, Arts. 3(2) and
4 for
“the whole of
3Subs. by A. O., 1937, for the words “Local Government”.
2. Definitions. In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context, ---
(1)
“animal” means any domestic or captured animal: 1*
(2)
“Street” includes any way, road, lane, square, court, alley, passage or open space, whether a thoroughfare or not, to which the public
have access:
2[(3) phooka or doom dev includes any
process of introducing air or any substance
into the female organ of a milch animal with the object of drawing off from the animal any secretion of milk.]
3[3. Penalty for cruetly to animals and for sale of
animals killed with unnecessary
cruelty. If any person –
(a) overdrives, beats, or otherwise treats any animal so as to subject it to unnecessary pain
or suffering, or
(b) binds,
keeps, carries or consigns for carriage any animal in such manner or position as
to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering, or
(c) offers for sale or without reasonable cause has in his possession
any live animal which is suffering pain by reason of mutilation, starvation, thirst, over-crowding or other ill- treatment, or
(d) offers for sale any dead animal or part of a dead animal which he has reason to believe has been killed in an unnecessarily cruel manner, or
(e) without reasonable
cause abandons any
animal in circumstances which render it likely that it will suffer pain by reason of starvation or thirst,
he shall
be punished, in the case
of a
first offence, with fine
which may extend to fifty rupees, or with
imprisonment
for a
term which may extend to one month and, in the case of a second or
subsequent offence committed
within three years of the previous offence, with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three
months, or with both.]
4[3A. Penalty for overloading animals.–(1) If any person overloads any animal, he shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with imprisonment for a term which
may extend to one month.
(2) If the owner of any animal, or any person who either as a trader, carrier or contractor or
by virtue of his employment by a trader, carrier or contractor, is in possession of, or in control
of the loading of, any animal, permits the overloading of such animal, he shall be punished with
fine which may extend to one hundred rupees.
1The word “and” was omitted
by
the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals (Amdt.) Act, 1938 (25 of
1938), s. 2.
2Clause (3) added, ibid.
3Subs. ibid., s.3, for
the original section
3.
4S. 3A ins.ibid., s.4.
1[4. Penalty for practising phooka.–(1) If any person performs upon any cow or other milch animal
the
operation called phooka or doom dev, or permits such
operation to be performed upon any such animal in his
possession or under his control, he shall be
punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to two years, or with both,
and
the animal on which the operation was performed shall be forfeited to Government:---
Provided that in the case of a second or subsequent conviction of a person under this section he shall be punished
with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees and with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years.
(2) A Court may
order payment out of any fine imposed under this section of an amount not
exceeding one-tenth of the fine to any person other than a police officer or officer of a
society or institution concerned with the prevention of cruelty to animals who has given information leading to the conviction.]
5. Penalty for killing animals with unnecessary
cruelty anywhere. If any person kills
any animal in an
unnecessarily cruel manner, he
shall be punished with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees, or with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with both.
2[5A. Penalty for being in possession
of the skin of a goat killed with unnecessary
cruelty. If any person has in his possession
the skin of a goat, and has reason to believe that the goat has been killed in an unnecessarily cruel manner, he shall be punished wi th fine which may extend to one hundred rupees, or with imprisonment which may extend to three months, or with both, and the skin shall be confiscated.
25B. Presumptions as to possession
of the skin of a goat. If any person is charged with the
offence of killing a goat contrary to
the provisions of section 5, or with an offence punishable
under section 5A,
and it is proved
that such person had in his possession, at the time the offence was alleged to have been committed, the
skin of a goat with any part of the skin of the head
attached thereto, it shall be presumed, until the contrary be proved, that such goat was killed in
an
unnecessarily cruel manner, and that the person in possession of such skin had reason so to
believe.]
6. Penalty for employing anywhere animals unfit for labour. 3*If any person employs in any work or labour any animal which by reason of any
disease, infirmity, wound, sore or other cause is unfit to be so employed, or permits any such unfit animal in his poss ession or under his
control to be so employed, he shall be punished with fine which may extend to one hundred
rupees.
4* * * * * * *
1Subs. by the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amdt.) Act, 1938
(25
of 1938). s. 5, for
the original section
4.
2Ss. 5A and 5B were ins. by s. 2 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amdt.) Act, 1917 (14
of 1917).
3The figure and
brackets “(1)” omitted by s.6 of
Act 25
of 1938.
4Sub-sections (2) to
(6),
were omitted, ibid.
1[6A. Interpretation. For the purposes of sections 3A and 6, an owner or other person in
possession or control
of an animal shall be deemed to have permitted an offence if he has
failed to exercise reasonable
care and supervision with a view to the prevention of such offence, and, for the purposes of section 4, if he fails to prove that he has exercised such care and supervision.
16B. Treatment and care of animals.–(1) The Provincial Government may, by general
or special order, appoint infirmaries
for the treatment and care of animals in respect of which
offences against this Act have been committed, and may authorise
the detention therein of any
animal pending its production before a Magistrate.
(2) The Magistrate before whom a prosecution
for an offence against this Act has been
instituted may direct that the animal concerned shall be treated and cared for in an infirmary, until
it is fit to perform its usual
work or is otherwise
fit for discharge, or that it shall
be sent to a
pinjrapole, or,
if the Veterinary Officer in charge of the area in which the animal is found or such other Veterinary Officer, as may be authorised in this behalf by rules made under section
15 certifies that it is incurable or cannot be removed without cruelty, that it shall be destroyed.
(3) An animal sent for care and treatment to an infirmary shall not, unless the Magistrate
directs that it shall be sent to a pinjrapole or that it shall be destroyed, be released from such
place except upon a certificate of its fitness for discharge issued by the Veterinary
Officer in
charge of the area in which the infirmary is situated or such other Veterinary
Officer as may be authorised in this behalf by rules made under section 15.
(4) The cost
of
transporting an
animal to an
infirmary or pinjrapole, and
of
its
maintenance and treatment in an infirmary shall be payable by the owner of the animal in
accordance with a scale of rates to be prescribed by the District Magistrate 2* * :---
Provided that when the Magistrate so
order, on account of the
poverty of the owner of
the animal, no charge shall be payable for the treatment of the animal.
(5) If the owner refuses or neglects to pay
such cost or to remove the animal within such time as a Magistrate may prescribe, the Magistrate may direct that the animal be sold and that the
proceeds of the sale be applied to the payment of
such cost.
(6) The surplus, if any, of the proceeds of such sale shall, on application
made by the owner within two months from the date of the sale, be paid to him.
1Sections 6 A, 6B and
6C
ins. by the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amdt.) Act, 1938 (25 of
1938), s. 7.
2The words “or, in Presidency-towns, by the-Commissioner of
Police” omitted by A. O., 1949, Sch.
16C.
Penalty for baiting or inciting animals to fight. If any person,---
(a)
incites any animal to fight, or
(b) baits any animal, or
(c)
aids or abets any such incitement or baiting, he shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
Exception.-It shall not be an offence under this section to incite animals to fight if such
fighting is not likely to cause injury or suffering to such animals and all reasonable precautions
are
taken to prevent injury or suffering from being so caused.]
7. Penalty for permitting diseased animals to go at large or to die in public places. If any person wilfully permits any animal of which he is the owner 2[or is in charge] to go at large
in any street while the animal is affected with contagious or infectious disease, or with out reasonable
excuse permits any diseased or disabled animal of which he is the owner 2[or is in charge] to die in any
street, he shall be punished
with fine which may extend to one hundred rupees 3[where he is the owner of the animal, or to fifty rupees where he is in charge of but not
the owner of the animal].
4[7A. Special power of search and seizure in respect of certain
offences.–[(1)] If a
police-officer,
not below the rank of sub-inspector,
has
reason to believe that an offence under
section 5, in respect of a goat, is being or is about to be, or has been, com mitted in any
place, or that any person has in his possession the skin of a goat with any part of the skin of the head attached
thereto, he may enter and search such place or any
place in which he has reason to
believe any such skin to be, and may seize any such skin and any article or thing used or intended to be used in the commission
of such offence.]
.
6[(2) If a police-officer, not
below the rank of sub-inspector,
or any person specially authorised by the Provincial Government in this behalf has reason to believe that phooka or doom dev has just been or is being
performed on any animal within the limits of his jurisdiction,
he may enter any place in which he has reason to believe such animal to be, and may
seize the
animal and produce it for examination by the Veterinary Officer in charge of the area in which
the animal is seized.]
8. Search-warrant’s.–(1) If a Magistrate of the first 7[or second class, 8* *] Sub-
divisional Magistrate, 9* *
* or District Superintendent of Police, upon
information in writing
and
after such inquiry as
1Ss. 6A, 6B and 6C ins. by the Prevention of
Cruelty to
Animals (Amdt.) Act, 1938
(25
of 1938), s. 7.
2Ins. ibid., s. 8.
3Added, ibid.
4S. 7A ins. by the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals (Amdt.) Act, 1917 (14 of 1917), s. 3.
5Section 7 A re-numbered as sub-section (1) of that section
by Act 25 of 1938, s. 9.
6Sub-section (2) added, ibid.
7Subs. for
the word “class” by Act 25 of
1938, s. 10.
8The words “Presidency Magistrate” omitted by A. O., 1949, Sch.
9The words “Commissioner of
Police”, omitted, ibid.
he thinks necessary, has reason to believe that an offence l[against this Act] is being or is about
to be or has been committed in any place, he may either himself enter and search or by his
warrant authorise
any police-officer 2[not below the rank of sub-inspector] to enter and search the place.
(2) The provisions of the 9[Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898,(Act V of 1898)] relating to searches under that Code shall, so far as those provisions can be made applicable, apply
to a search under subsection (1) 4[or under section 7A].
9. Limitation
for prosecutions. A prosecution for an offence against this Act shall not
be instituted after the expiration of three months from the date of the commission of the offence.
10. Destruction of suffering animals.–5[(1)] When any Magistrate, 6* *
* or District
Superintendent of police
has reason
to
believe that an
offence against
this
Act has
been committed
in respect of any animal, he may direct the immediate destruction
of the animal if in
his opinion its sufferings are such as to render such a direction proper.
7[(2) Any
police-officer above the rank of a constable
who finds any animal so diseased, or so severely injured, or in such a physical condition that it cannot,
in his opinion, be removed without cruelty, may, if the owner is absent or refuses to consent to the destruction of the animal, forthwith summon the Veterinary Officer in charge of the area in which the animal is found
and if the Veterinary Officer certifies that the animal is mortally injured, or s o severely injured or in such a physical condition
that its destruction is desirable, the police -officer may,
after obtaining orders from a Magistrate, destroy the animal or cause it to be destroyed. ]
11. Saving with respect
to religious rites and usages. Nothing in this Act shall render it an offence to kill any animal in a manner required by the religion or religious rites and usages of
any race, sect, tribe or class.
12. Provision supplementary to section
1
with respect to
extent of
Act.
Notwithstanding
anything in section 1, sections 8[4 and 13, sections
9 and 10, and sections 6A, 7
A, 8 and 15 so far as they relate to offences under section 4] shall extend to every local area in which any section of this Act constituting an offence is for the time being in
force.
1Subs. for the words and figures “against section 4, section 5 or section 6” by the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amdt.) Act, 1938 (25 of
1938), s. 10.
2Subs. ibid., for
the words “above the rank of a constable”.
3See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 (Act 5 of 1898).
4Added by the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals (Amdt.) Act, 1917 (14
of 1917), s. 4.
5S. 10 re-numbered as sub-section
(1)
of that section by Act 25 of
1938, s. 11.
6The words “Commissioner of
Police” omitted, by A. O., 1949, Sch.
7Sub-section (2) added, by Act. 25 of 1938.
8Subs. ibid., s. 12, for the word and figures “9, 10 and 11”.
9 Subs. by ord XXVII of
1981, s.5
& Sch. IV(only to
the
extent of Islamabad
Capital territory).
1[13. Offence under section 4 to be cognizable. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 Act (V of 1898), an offence punishable under section 4 shall be
a cognizable offence within the meaning of that Code.
14. General power to seizure for examination. Any police-officer
above the rank of a constable or any person authorised by the Provincial Government
in this behalf, who has reason
to believe that an offence against this Act has been or is being committed in respect of any
animal, may, if in his opinion the circumstances so require, seize the animal and produce the
same for
examination by the nearest Magistrate or by such Veterinary Officer as may be
designated in this behalf by rules made under section 15; and such police-officer
or authorised
person may,
when seizing the animal, require the person in charge thereof to accompany it to the place of examination.
15. Power to make rules.–(1) The Provincial Government
may, by notification in the
official Gazette, and subject to the condition
of previous publication,
make rules to carry out the
purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, the
Provincial Government may make rules,---
(a) prescribing the maximum weight of loads to be carried or drawn by any animal; (b)
prescribing conditions to prevent the over-crowding of
animals;
(c) prescribing the period during which, and the hours between which, buffaloes shall
not be used for draught purposes;
(d) prescribing
the purposes to which fines realized under this Act may be applied, including such purposes as the maintenance of infirmaries, pinjrapoles, and
veterinary hospitals;
(e) prohibiting the use of any bit or harness involving cruelty;
(f) requiring persons carrying on the business
of
a
farrier to be licensed
and registered;
(g) requiring persons owning, or in charge of, premises in which animals are kept or
milked to register such premises, to comply
with prescribed conditions as to the
boundary walls or surroundings of such premises, to permit their inspection for the purpose of ascertaining whether any offence against section 4 is being, or has been, committed therein, and to expose in such premises copies of section 4 of
this Act in a language or languages commonly understood in the locality; and
1Sections 13
to 17
added
by
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amdt.) Act. 1938 (25 of 1938). s. 13.
(h) prescribing the manner in which cattle may be impounded in any place appointed
for the purpose, so as to secure the provision of adequate space, food and water.
(3) If any person contravenes, or abets the contravention of, any rule made under this
section, he shall be punished with fine which may extend to fifty rupees.
16. Persons authorised under section 14 to be public servants. Every person authorised by the
Provincial Government under section
14 shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section
21 of the Pakistan Penal Code (XLV of 1860).
17. Indemnity. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie
against any person
who is, or who is deemed to
be,
a public servant within the meaning of section 21
of the Pakistan Penal Code, (XLV of 1860) in respect of any
thing in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act. ]
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