Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Act 1960
Contents
• Objectives, establishment, constitution and functions of
Animal Welfare Board of India.
• CPSCEA guidelines. Procedures to be followed during animal
experimentation. Offences and penalties
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Learning objectives
At the end of this lecture, the student will be able to:
•Explain the objectives of the act
•Describe the constitution and functions of Animal Welfare
Board of India
•Describe the constitution and functions of Animal
experimentation committee
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Short title, extent and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Act, 1960.
(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu
and Kashmir. ,
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central
Government may, by notification in the official Gazette,
appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different
States and for the different provisions contained in this Act.
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Objectives of the act
To prevent the infliction of unnecessary pain or
suffering on animals and for that purpose to
amend the law relating to the prevention of
cruelty to animals
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ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF
INDIA
Purpose:
For the promotion of animal welfare generally and for the
purpose of protecting animals from being subjected to
unnecessary pain or suffering
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ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF
INDIA
The different acts under this board are
1. PCA (Slaughter House) Amendment Rules, 2010
2. Draft Aquarium Fish Breeding Rules, 2010
3. Draft Dog Breeding Rules 2010
4. Revised Draft Pet Shop Rules, 2010
5. Transport of Animals (Amendment) Rules, 2009
6. Draft Animal Welfare Act, 2011
7. Animal birth control(wDwowg.Ds)u lAoMmixe.cnodmment Rules 20710
ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA
Constitution:
The Board shall consist of the following persons, namely:
(a) the Inspector General of Forests, Govt. of India, ex-officio,
(b) the Animal Husbandry Commissioner to the Govt. of India,
ex-officio;
(c) two persons to represent respectively the Ministries of the
Central Govt. dealing with Home Affairs and Education, to be
appointed by the Central Govt;
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ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA
Constitution (contd):
(d) 1 person to represent the Indian Board for Wild Life, to be
appointed by the Central Government;
(e) 3 persons who, in the opinion of the Central Government, are or
have been actively engaged in animal welfare work and are well-
known humanitarians, to be nominated by the Central Government;)
(f) 1 person to represent such association of veterinary practitioners
as in the opinion of the Central Government ought to be represented
on the Board, to be elected by that association in the prescribed
manner;
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ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA
Constitution:
(g) 2 persons to represent practitioners of modern and
indigenous systems of medicine, to be nominated by the Central
Government;
(h) 1 person to represent each of such two municipal
corporations as in the opinion of the Central Government ought
to be represented on the Board, to be elected by each of the
said corporations in the prescribed manner
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ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA
Constitution:
(i) 1 person to represent each of such three organizations actively
interested in animal welfare as in the opinion of the Central
Government ought to be represented on the Board, to be chosen
by each of the said organizations in the prescribed manner;
(j) 1 person to represent each of such three societies dealing with
prevention of cruelty to animal
(k) 3 persons to be nominated by the Central Government,
(l) 6 Members of Parliament, 4 to be elected by the House of the
People (Lok Sabha) and two by the Council of States (Rajya
Sabha).
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ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD OF INDIA
The Central Government shall nominate one of the members of
the Board to be its Chairman and another member of the Board
to be its Vice-Chairman.
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Reconstitution of the Board
•The Board as reconstituted under sub-section (1) shall be
reconstituted from time to time on the expiration of every
third year
• The new members shall hold office only for the unexpired
portion of the term for which they would have held office if
such reconstitution had not been made
•Vacancies arising as a result of their ceasing to be
Members of the Board shall be filled up as casual vacancies
for the remaining period of the term of the Board as so
reconstituted
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Term of office and conditions of service of
Members of the Board
•The term of office of an ex-officio Member shall continue so
long as he holds the office by virtue of which he is such a
Member;
• The term of office of a Member elected or chosen shall
come to an end as soon as he ceases to be a Member of the
body which elected him or in respect of which he was chosen;
•The term of office of a Member appointed, nominated,
elected or chosen to fill a casual vacancy shall continue for
the remainder of the term of office of the member in whose
place he is appointed, nominated, elected or chosen;
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Term of office and conditions of service of
Members of the Board
• The Central Government may, at any time, remove for
reasons to be recorded in writing a member from office
after giving him a reasonable opportunity of showing
cause against the proposed removal and any vacancy
caused by such
removal shall be treated as casual vacancy for the purpose
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Functions of the Board
• To keep the law in force in, India for the prevention of cruelty
to animals under constant study and advise the Government
on the amendments to be undertaken in any such law from
time to time;
• To advise the Central Government on the making of rules
under this Act with a view to preventing unnecessary pain or
suffering to animals generally, and more particularly when they
are being transported from one place to another or when they
are used as performing animals or when they are kept in
captivity or confinement
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Functions of the Board
•To advise the Government or any local authority or other
person on improvements in the design of vehicles so as to
lessen the burden on draught animals
• To take all such steps as the Board may think fit for
(amelioration of animals ) by encouraging or providing for, the
construction of sheds, water-troughs and the like and by
providing for veterinary assistance to animals:
•To advise the Government or any local authority or other
person in the design of slaughter-houses or the maintenance
of slaughter houses
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Functions of the Board
• To advise the Government regarding the slaughter of
animals so that unnecessary pain or suffering, whether physical
or mental, is eliminated in the pre-slaughter stages as far as
possible, and animals are killed; wherever necessary, in as
humane a manner as possible;
•To take all such steps as the Board may think fit to ensure that
unwanted animals are destroyed by local authorities,
whenever it is necessary to do so, either instantaneously or
after being rendered insensible to pain or suffering.
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Functions of the Board
•To encourage by the grant of financial assistance or
otherwise, the formation or establishment of pinjra poles,
rescue homes, animal shelters, sanctuaries and where animals
and birds may find a shelter when they have become old and
useless or when they need protection:
•To co-operate with, and co-ordinate the work of, associations
or bodies established for the purpose of preventing
unnecessary pain or suffering to animals or for the protection
of animals and birds;
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Functions of the Board
•To give financial and other assistance to animal welfare
organisations functioning in any local area or to encourage the
formation of animal welfare organisations in any local area
which shall work under the general supervision and guidance
of the Board;
• To advise the Government on matters relating to the medical
care and attention which may be provided in animal hospital,
and to give financial and other assistance to animal hospitals
whenever the Board thinks it necessary to do so;
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Functions of the Board
•To impart education in relation to the humane treatment of
animals and to encourage the formation of public opinion
against the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering to
animals and for the promotion of animal welfare by means of
lectures, books, posters, cinematographic exhibitions and the
like;
•To advise the Government on any matter connected with
animal welfare or the prevention of infliction of unnecessary
pain or suffering on animals.
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Summary
1. The act was instituted in 1960 to prevent the infliction of
unnecessary pain or suffering on animals and for that purpose
to amend the law relating to the prevention of cruelty to animals
2. The act includes committees like the Animal Welfare Board of India and CPCSEA