THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO DRAUGHT AND

1 · . Short title and commencement:

1 · . They shall come into force in any State on such date as the State Government may , by notification in the official Gazette , appoint .

2 · . Definitions

1 · . In these rules , unless the context otherwise requires

1 · . For the purposes of clauses (a) , (b) and (c) of sub-rule (1) , the weight of an animal shall be determined by applying any of the following formulae , namely:

3 · . Maximum loads for draught animals:

1 · . No person shall cause any animal specified in column 1 of the table below to draw a vehicle of the kind described in the corresponding entry in column 2 thereof if it carries a load in excess of the weight specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 thereof .

1000 · kilograms

750 · kilograms

500 · kilograms

1400 · kilograms

1050 · kilograms

900 · kilograms

1800 · kilograms

1350 · kilograms

900 · kilograms

750 · kilograms

500 · kilograms

600 · kilograms

400 · kilograms

1000 · kilograms

1 · . Where the vehicle to be drawn is a fourr-w -wheeled vehicle , weight specified in column 3 of the said table shall , in each case , be read as being one and a quarter times and , if the fourr-w -wheeled vehicle

2 · . Where the vehicle , whether two -w -wheeled or fourr-w -wheeled is to be drawn by two animals of either species referred to in each of the entries in column 1 ofmthe said table , the weight specified in the corresponding entry in column 3 thereof shall be read as being twice , and , if the vehicle is one fitted with pneumatic tyres , as being two and a half times as much as the weight so specified .

3 · . Where the route by which a vehicle is to be drawn involves an ascent for not less than one kilometer and the gradient is more than three meters in a distance of thirty meters , the weight specified in column 3 of the said table shall , in each case , be read as being one-half of what is so specified .

4 · . Maximum load for certain pack animals:

5 · . Maximum number of passengers for animal drawn vehicles :

6 · . General Conditions for use of draught and pack animals :

1 · . for more than nine hours in a day in the aggregate .

2 · . for more than five hours continuously without a break for rest for the animal

3 · . in any area where the temperature exceeds 37 ' C (99 ' F) during the period between12 . 00 noon and 3 . 00 p . m .

7 · . Animals to be disengaged after work:

8 · . Use of Spiked bits prohibited:

9 · . Saddling of horses :

10 · . Certificates regarding unladen weight of vehicles , etc .

1 · . For the purpose of these rules , the Board may authorise any organisation established for the purpose of preventing cruelty to animals or for promoting their welfare to issue to the owner of any vehicle which may be brought before it for examination , a certificate as to its unladen weight , and any certificate so issued may be accepted as evidence of the weight of such vehicle .

1 · . Nothing contained in this rule shall be construed as being in derogation of any right conferred by any law for the time being in force authorising any local authority to determine the unladen weight of any vehicle and to grant the necessary certificate-or stamp the vehicle in this behalf .

11 · . Powers of police officers and . other authorised persons :

1 · . If any police officer above the rank of a constable or any other person authorised in this behalf by the State Government or by the Board by general or special order has reason to believe that an offence against rule 3 or 4 , has been or is being committed in respect of any animal referred to therein , he may , in any case where a weigh bridge is available within a reasonable distance , require the owner or other person in charge of such animal to take the animal or the vehicle or both to the weigh bridge for the purpose of determining the weight . of the load which the animal has been or is drawing or carrying .

2 · . If the owner or other person in charge of the aforesaid animal refuses to comply with the demand of the police officer or other person as so authorised , it shall be lawful for such police officer or other person to take the animal or the vehicle or both to the weight bridge for the purpose aforesaid .

3 · . As soon as any weight is determined under this rule , the owner or other person in charge of the said animal shall be given a statement in writing signed by the police officer or the person authorised as aforesaid , as the case may be , as to the weight so determined and any other information relevant for the purpose .

12 · . Application of rules where local bye-laws etc . exist: