MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT

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Parent: THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT, 1960 (bb8981d24fdd663106c1c43e58e9750184416cf1)

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MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi , the 15th December , 1998 S . O . 1074 . Whereas 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, r, 1998 in the Gazette of India , Extraordinary , Part II , section 31 Sub -s -section (ii) 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 objections/suggestions received in respect of the said draft rules , have been duly considered -by the Committee for control and supervision of experiments on animals; Now, w, 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 . 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 instit

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1 · . Short Title and commencement . -(1) These rules may be called the Breeding of and Experiments on Animals (Control and Supervision) Rules , 1998 .

2 · . Definitions . -In these rules , unless the context otherwise requires -

3 · . Breading of animals - (a) No establishment shall carry on the business of breeding of animals or trade of animals for the purpose of experiments unless it is registered .

4 · . Registration of establishments . -(a) No establishment shall perform any experiment on animals unless it is registered .

5 · . Application for registration . -(a) The application for registration by a breeder under sub-rule (b) of rule 3 and an establishment under sub -rule (b) of rule 4 shall be made in the specified format to the MemberrSecretary or any other officer authorised in this regard by the Committee .

6 · . Details of the experiments conducted . -(a) Every registered establishment shall maintain a register as per the specified format and keep complete particulars about the kind of animal to be used for conducting any experiment , the health of the animal , the nature of experiment to be performed , and the reasons necessitating the performance of such an experiment on particular species .

7 · . Stocking of animals . The animals shall be stocked by the breeder and the establishment in the following manner:-

8 · . Permission of the Committee required for conducting experiments . -(a) Every registered establishment before acquiring an animal or conducting any experiment on an animal/animals shall apply

9 · . Performance of experiments . -In conducting experiments on animals , regard shall be had to the following conditions , namely:

10 · . Transfer and acquisition of animals for experiment . -(a) A breeder shall not transfer any animal by sale or otherwise to an establishment which is not registered under these ' rules .

11 · . Records . -(a) Every , establishment/Institutional Animals Ethics Committee shall maintain a record of the animals under its control and custody in the specified format ..

12 · . Contract animal experiments . -No establishment shall contract or undertake to perform contract research or experiments on contract basis on behalf of any other establishment or research or educational Institution , This shall not apply to collaborative research between academic institutions .

13 · . Composition of Institutional Animals Ethics Committee . -Every Institutional Animals Ethics committee shall include a biological scientist , two scientists from different biological disciplines , a veterinarian involved in the care of animal , the scientist in charge of animals facility of the establishment concerned , a scientist from , outside the institute , a non scientific socially aware member and a representative or nominee of the specialist may be co-opted while reviewing special project using hazardous agents such as radio-active substance and deadly micro organisms .

14 · . Power to suspend or revolve registration . -(a) If the Committee is satisfied , on the report of the Memberr-S -Secretary of the authorised officer of the Committee made to it as a result of any inspection or information received otherwise that the rules made by it are not being complied with by any establishment or breeder or an Institutional Animals Ethics Committee , the Committee may , after giving a reasonable opportunity to the establishment or breeder or Institutional Animals Ethics Committee of being heard in the matter, r, revoke the registration of such establishment or breeder or Institutional Animals Ethics Committee either for a specified period or indefinitely , or may allow the establishment ofbreeder or Institutional Animals Ethics Committee to carry on subject to such special conditions as the Committee may impose .