PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1960

1. PCA
THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
ACT 1960
DR ANIL KUMAR
LMTC KANNUR

2. Act 59 of 1960
• The prevention of cruelty to animals bill
having been passed by both the houses of
parliament received the assent of the
president on 26 th December 1960.
• BRITISH GOVT HAD ENACTED PCA ACT 1890
(11 OF 1890)
• LOT OF DEFICIENCIES

3. • AN ACT TO PREVENT THE INFLICTION OF
UNNECESSARY PAIN OR SUFFERING ON ANIMALS.
THE LAW RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
• ANIMAL MEANS ANY LIVING CREATURE OTHER
THAN A HUMAN BEING.
• OWNER : INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE OWNER BUT
ANY OTHER PERSON FOR THE TIME BEING IN
POSSESSION OR CUSTODY OF THE ANIMAL WITH
OR WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE OWNER

4. OWNER /DUTIES OF PERSONS IN
CHARGE OF ANIMALS
• TO TAKE RESONABLE MEASURES TO ENSURE
THE WELL BEING OF SUCH ANIMALS AND TO
PREVENT PAIN AND SUFFERING.
• BOARD. ANIMAL WELFARE BOARD:
ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
• .

5. THE BOARD SHALL CONSISTOF THE
FOLLOWING PERSONS (3 YEARS)
• THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE EX OFFICIO
• ANIMAL HUSBANDRY COMMISSIONER EX OFFICIO
• TWO PERSONS TO REPRESENT MINISTERS OF HOME AND
EDUCATION.APPOINTED BY CENTRAL GOVT
• ONE PERSON TO REPRESENT THE INDIAN BOARD OF WILD LIFE:
APPOINTED BY CENTRAL GOVT
• THREE WELL KNOWN HUMANITARIANS ENGAGED IN ANIMAL WELFARE :
NOMINATED BY CENTRAL GOVT.
• ONE PERSON TO REPRESENT ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARIAN ELECTED BY
ASSOCIATION IN THE PRESCRIBED MANNER
• TWO MODERN PRACTITIONERS
• ONE PERSON FROM MUNCIPAL CORPORATION
• ONE MEMBER OF AWO
• ONE FROM SPCA: THREE PERSONS NOMINATED BY CENTRAL GOVT. FOUR
MEMBERS OF LOK SABHA AND TWO MEMBERS FROM RAJYA SABHA

6. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS
• BEATS,KICKS,OVER RIDES,OVER LOADS,TORTURES,SUBJECT THE ANIMAL
TO SUFFERING AND PAIN.
• EMPLOY SICK AND SUFFERING ANIMALS TO WORK
• WILLFULLY AND UNRESONABLY ADMINISTERS ANY INJURIOUS DRUGS
• KEEPING THE ANIMAL CAGED WHICH DOEs NOT MEASURE RESONABLE
FOR MOVEMENT
• KEEPING THE ANIMAL CHAINED OR TETHERED WITH UNRESONABLY
HEAVY CHAIN
• OWNER FAILS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT FOOD,DRINK AND SHELTER
• ABANDONS ANY ANIMAL IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH RENDER
STARVATION,THIRST AND PAIN
• MUTILATES ANY ANIMAL OR KILLS ANY ANIMAL BY USING METHOD OF
STRYCHNINE INJECTIONS IN THE HEART OR ANY OTHER AREA
USING ANIMAL AS A BAIT OR FOR FIGHTING FOR ENTERAINMENT PURPOSES

7. • FINE UPTO 50 RUPEES IN THE FIRST INSTANCE AND SUBSEQUENT INSTANCE OF
IMPRISONMENT FROM 3 MONTHS TO 3 YEARS WITH FINE
• NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY TO
• DEHORNING OF CATTLE
• DESTRUCTION OF STRAY DOGS BY PRESCRIBED METHOD by consent of Autority.
• DESTRUCTION OF ANIMALS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF ANY LAW
• PREPARATION AND DESTRUCTION OF ANY ANIMAL FOR FOOD
• MAGISTRATE,COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OR COLLECTOR HAS REASON TO BELIEVE
MAY DIRECT THE IMMEDIATE DESTRUCTION OF ANIMAL AS IT WOULD BE CRUEL
TO KEEP THE ANIMAL ALIVE.
• NO APPEAL SHALL LIE FROM THE ANY ORDER OF A MAGISTRATE FOR THE
DESTRUCTION OF AN ANIMAL
• VETERINARY DOCTOR WILL CERTIFY THAT THE ANIMAL IS MORTALLY INJURED AND
IT WOULD BE CRUEL TO KEEP THE ANIMAL ALIVE ,AFTER OBTAINING ORDER FRO
MAGISTRATE THROUGH POLICE MAY DESTROY THE ANIMAL IN THE PRESCRIBED
MANNER

8. • EXPERIMENT ON ANIMALS
• NO EXPERIMENTS AND OPERATIONS ON ANIMAL FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ADVANCEMENT BY NEW DISCOVERY OF
KNOWLEDGE OR FOR COMBING ANY DISEASES WHETHER OF
HUMAN BEINGS,ANIMALS OR PLANTS.
• HOWEVER IF THE BOARD OR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS
OF THE OPINION THAT IT IS NECESSARY SO TO DO FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONTROLLING AND SUPERVISING EXPERIMENTS
ON ANIMALS,MAY ORDER SO BY CONSTITUTING COMMITTEE
BY NOTIFICATION IN THE OFFICIAL GAZETTE.
• (NUT SHELL)
• PENALTIES: BREACH OF CONDITIONS BY THE INSTITUTION,
THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE INSTITUTION SHALL BE
DEEMED TO BE GUILTY OF THE OFFENCE AND SHALL BE
PUNISHABLE ACCORDINGLY.

9. PERFORMING ANIMALS
• NO PERSON CAN EXHIBIT OR TRAIN ANY PERFORMING ANIMALS UNLESS
HE IS REGISTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT.
• ANY PERSON DESIROUS OF EXHIBITING OR TRAINING ANY PERFORMANCE
ANIMAL CAN GET HIMSELF REGISTERED BY MAKING AN APPLICATION IN
THE PRESCRIBED FORM TO THE PRESCRIBED AUTHORITY ON PAYMENT OF
PRESCRIBED FEE.
• EXHIBITS;MEANS EXHIBITS AT ANY ENTERTAINMENT TO WHICH THE
PUBLIC ARE ADMITTED THROUGH SALE OF TICKETS.
• THE COURT CAN PROHIBIT OR RESTRICT EXHIBITION AND TRAINING OF
PERFORMING ANIMALS.
• EXCEPTIONS:TRAINING OF ANIMALS FOR POLICE AND MILITARY PURPOSE
• ANIMALS KEPT IN ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS FOR EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC
PURPOSES

10. • MISCELLANEOUS:
• TO KILL ANY ANIMAL IN A MANNER REQUIRED BY THE
RELIGION OF ANY COMMUNITY IS NOT AN OFFENCE UNDER
THIS ACT.
• THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MAY BY NOTIFICATION IN THE
OFFICIAL GAZETTE DIRECT THAT ALL OR ANY OF THE POWERS
EXERCISABLE BY IT UNDER THIS ACT BE ALSO IMPOSE
RESTRICTIONS.