Act Number: 27

Act Name: The Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009

Year: 2009

Enactment Date: 2009-03-20

Long Title: An Act to provide for the prevention, control and eradication of infectious and contagious diseases affecting animals, for prevention of outbreak or spreading of such diseases from one State to another, and to meet the international obligations of India for facilitating import and export of animals and animal products and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Department: Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying

Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement.
    (1) This Act may be called the Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals 1[Act, 2009].
     (2) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint; and different dates may be appointed for different States or for different areas therein as well as for different provisions of this Act, and any reference in any such provision of this Act to the commencement of this Act shall be construed in relation to any State or area or provision as a reference to the coming into force of this Act or, as the case may be, of that provision, in such State or area.
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 2 of 2018, s. 3 and the Second Schedule, for "Bill, 2009" (w.e.f. 5-1-2018).
2. 25th August, 2009, vide notification No S.O. 2158(E), dated 24th August, 2009, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).
This Act shall come into force in all the States and Union territories except the State of Uttar Pradesh.
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