State Act

The Punjab Herd Registration Act, 2006

6. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules framed thereunder, it shall be the primary function of the Authority to make registration, identification and to create and maintain reliable data-base of pedigree and production of every dairy animal. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions, the Authority shall perform the following functions, namely :— (a) to formulate a detailed plan to implement the herd registration programmes ; (b) to register all dairy animals ; (c) to fix identification marking on every registered animal ; (d) to keep accounts of physical traits, breed conformity, pedigree, performance, health status, feeding and farm management status of every dairy animal ; (e) to keep accounts of change of ownership and geographical movement of dairy animal ; (f) to identify cow bulls and buffalo bulls of higher genetic merit and put them to use in the breeding programmes ; and (g) to issue semen certificate or embryo certificate in such form and containing such particulars, as may be specified in the regulations.