State Act

THE ASSAM CATTLE DISEASES ACT, 1948

This Act was repealed on 30 September 2022 by the Assam Repealing Act, 2022 (33 of 2022), s.2 and the Schedule (the whole Act); it may still apply to matters that began before then.

11. (1) Save in accordance with the conditions of a license granted by a Veterinary Officer— (a) no person shall remove any animal, alive or dead, or any product of any animal (including its excreta) or any part of any animal or any fodder, bedding, harness or other things used in connection with an animal, and (b) no person owning or having charge of control of any animal shall allow such animal to proceed, from any place within an infected area to any place outside such area or from any place outside an infected area to any place within such area. (2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall prevent the carriage by railway or by any mechanically propelled vessel of a type approved by the Provincial Government of any animal or thing referred to in that sub-section through an infected area : Provided that if such animal or thing at any stage during its carriage by railway or such vessel through an infected area is unloaded- therein it shall not be removed therefrom save in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1).