Diseases of Animals Act, 1945
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Extension of power under sub-section (7) of section 20 of the Principal Act. |
4.—The power vested in the Minister by virtue of sub-section (7) of section 20 of the Principal Act to withhold, either wholly or partially, compensation or other payment shall— | |
(a) extend to animals which have been directed to be slaughtered under the Principal Act and have been valued for that purpose but die before they can be slaughtered, and | ||
(b) be exercisable in relation to an animal slaughtered or directed to be slaughtered whether such animal was or was not diseased, and | ||
(c) be exercisable in relation to an animal slaughtered or directed to be slaughtered (in addition to the cases mentioned in the said subsection) where the Minister is of opinion that the owner or person in charge of such animal did not take, in relation to the relevant outbreak of disease, adequate precautions to prevent the spread of disease, and | ||
(d) extend to every case in which compensation could be paid by virtue of section 3 of this Act in respect of a carcase (whether diseased or not diseased) where the Minister is of opinion that the owner or person in charge of the carcase has been guilty, in relation to the carcase, of an offence against the Principal Act or any Act amending that Act or did not take, in relation to the relevant outbreak of disease, adequate precautions to prevent the spread of disease. |