MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT — THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT, 1960

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi; the 15th December; 1998 S.O. 1074.LWhereas the draft Breeding of and Experiments on Animals (Control and Supervision) Rules, 1998 were published, as required by sub section (1) of Section 17 of, the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act;, 1960 (59 of 1960) under the notification of the Government of India, Ministry of environment and Forests number S.O. 789(E) dated, the e September; 1998 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary Part II, section 31 Sub-section (i) inviting objections and suggestion from all the persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which 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 8th September, 1998. And whereas the objectionslsuggestions received in respect of the said draft rules, have been duly considered-by the Committee for control and supervision of experiments on animals; Now; therefore , in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) (1A) and (2) of section 17 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act; 196 (59 of 1960), the Committee for control and supervision of experiments on animals hereby makes the following rules, namely: 1. Short Title and commencement: (1) These rules may be called the Breeding of and Experiments on Animals (Control and Supervision) Rules, 1998. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions_ In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires (a) Act" means the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act; 1960 (59 of 1960); b. "breeder" means a person including an institution, which breeds animals for the purpose of transfe