Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act,1960
Act No : 59
Section :
Short title, extent and commencement.
1. 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 Govern- ment may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates1 may be appointed for different States and for the different provisions contained in this Act. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 1st April, 1961 in respect of the State of Punjab and the Union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Island:vide Notification No.S.O.823, dated the 1st April, 1961, see Gazette of India 1961, Pt II, Sec. 3(ii), p. 806. 1st September, 1961, for Chapters I and II in respect of the States of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, Madras, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mysore, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and the Union territories of Delhi, Manipur and Tripura : vide Notification No. S.O. 2061. dated the 25th August, 1961, see Gazette of India, 1961, Pt. II. Sec, 3(ii), p. 2154. 2-10-1961: Chapters I and II come into force in the Union territory of Himachal Pradesh, vide Notification No. S.O. 2286, dated 15-9-1961, Gazette of India, Pt. II, sec. 3(ii), p. 2397. 26-1-1962:Provisions of Chapters I and II come into force in the State of Rajasthan, vide Notification No. S.O. 21, dated 28-12-1961, see Gazette of India, Pt. II, sec. 3(ii), p. 11. 15-7-1963 for Chapter IV in the States of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, Madras, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mysore, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal and in the Union territories of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura, vide Notification No. S.O. 2000 dated 11-7-1963, Gazzete of India, Pt. II, sec. 3 (ii), p. 2242. 20-11-1963 for Chapters III and VI in the States of Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, Madras, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Mysore, Orissa, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and in the union territories of Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura, vide Notification No. S.O. 3160 dated 29-10-1963, Gazette of India. Pt. II, sec. 3 (ii), p, 3098. 24-5-1977; vide Notification No. S.O. 1902, dated 24-5-1977. The provisions of Chapter V of this Act shall come into force in all States and Union territories to which this Act extends (except Jammu and Kashmir). This Act has been extended to- Goa, Daman and Diu by Reg. 11 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch. and comes into force in Pondicherry vide Reg. 7 of 1963, s. 3 and Sch.I (w.e.f. 1-10-1963). and brought into force in Dadra and Nagar Haveli by Reg. 6 of 1963, s. 2 and Sch. I (w.e.f. 1-7-1965). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 34
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