Cantonments Act,1924
Act No : 2
Section : PRIVATE MARKETS AND SLAUGHTER HOUSES
SECTION 202: PRIVATE MARKETS AND SLAUGHTER HOUSES
- (1) No place in a cantonment other than a public market shall be used as a market, and no place in a cantonment other than a public slaughter-house shall be used as a slaughter-house, unless such place has been licensed as a market or slaughter-house, as the case may be. by thea[Board]: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply in the case of a slaughter-house established and maintained by the Government.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be deemed-
(a) to restrict the slaughter of any animal in any place on the occasion of any festival or ceremony, subject to such conditions as to prior or subsequent notice as the Executive Officer with the previous sanction of the District Magistrate may, by public or special notice, impose in this behalf, or
(b) to prevent the Executive Officer, with the sanction of thea[Board], from setting apart places for the slaughter of animals in accordance with religous custom.
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(3) Whoever omits to comply with any condition imposed by the Executive Officer under clause
(a) of sub-section (2) shall be punishable with fine which may extend toc[two hundred and fifty rupees] and, in the case of a continuing offence, with an additional fine which may extend toc[fifty rupees] for every day after the first during which the offence is continued.
Clause 116. Act 15 of 1983.- The reference to slaughter of animals for sale of flesh to the troops is being deleted from clause (b) of sub-section (2) ofsection 202of the Act as ii is considered obsolete. The penalty for non-compliance of the conditions as regards a market or slaughter-house is being enhanced due :o escalation in prices. -Gaz, of Ind.,9-7-1982, Pt. II, S. 2, Ext" p. 56 (No. 26).
