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 42: Power of Central Government to make rules.
    (1) The Central Government may, subject to the condition of previous publication, by notification, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act.
     (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:--
         (a) the form of vaccination certificate and the particulars which such certificate shall contain, under section 9;
         (b) the manner of disposal of carcass, under section 26;
         (c) the manner of conducting examination and post-mortem under sub-section (1) and the form of report of post-mortem under sub-section (2) of section 27;
         (d) any other matter which may be prescribed or in respect of which rules are required to be made by the Central Government.
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