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.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

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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) 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

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. (b) Every breederlestablishment carrying on the business of breeding animals or trade of animals for the purpose of experiments, shall; apply for registration within sixty days from the date of commencement of these rules and, stop breeding of animals if registration is subsequently refused to it by the Committee. 4. Registration of establishments. (a) No establishment shall perform any experiment on animals unless it is registered.

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 Member-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; 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 of- breeder or Institutional Animals Ethics Committee to carry on subject to such special conditions as the Committee may impose.