MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST — THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT, 1960

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST NOTIFICATION New Delhi , the 26 th August , 1998 S . O . 732(E)Whereas certain draft rules further to amend the Experiments on Animals (Control and Supervision) Rules , 1968 , was published as required by sub-section (1) of section 17 of the Prevention of Cruelty ofAnimals Act , 1960 (59 of 1960) under the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Environment and Forests vide number S . O . 44(E) dated , the 15 th January , 1998 , inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby before the expiry of a period of 30 days from the date on which the copies of the Gazette containing the said notification are made available to the public; And whereas the said Gazette was made available to the public on 15 th January , 1998; And whereas the objections and suggestions received from the public on the said draft rules have been duly considered by the Committee . Now, w, therefore , in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 17 of the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals Act , 1960 (59 of 1960) , the Committee for control and supervision of experiments on animal hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Experiments on Animals (control and Supervision) Rules , 1968 , namely:- 1 . (1) These rules may be called the Experiments on Animals (controls and Supervision) (Amendment) Rules , 1998 . The Shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette . 2 . In the Experiments on Animals (controls and Supervision) Rules , 1968 , i . in rule 2 , after clause (c) , the following clause shall be inserted , namely:- (d) " Animal -c -control authority " , used with reference to an animals , includes any public or private authority , shelter or pound in possession or custod