Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Gujarat Act No. 18 of 2017)

© Extra No. 18 tEbe ~ujarat ~obtrnmtnt ~a?tttt EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY Vol. LVIII] WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 2017/CAITRA 22, 1939 Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a Separate Compilation. PART IV Acts of Gujarat Legislature and Ordinances promulgated and Regulations made by the Governor. The following Act of the Gujarat Legislature, having been assented to by the Governor on the 12thApril, 2017 is hereby published for general information. K. M. LALA, Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Department. GUJARAT ACT NO. 18 OF 2017. (First published, after having received the assent of the Governor, in the "Gujarat Government Gazelle", on the lih April, 2017). AN ACT further to amend the Gujarat Animal Preservation Act, 1954. It is hereby enacted in the Sixty-eighth Year of the Republic ofIndia as follows: 1. (1) This Act may be called the Gujarat Animal Preservation Short title and (Amendment) Act, 2017. commencement. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. IV-EX-18 18-1 18-2 Amendment of section 6A of Born. LXXII of 1954. Amendment of section 6B of Born. LXXII of 1954. Amendment of section 8 of Born. LXXII of 1954. Substitution of section 9 of Born. LXXII of 1954. GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX. 12-04-2017 [PART IV 2. In the Gujarat Animal Preservation Act, 1954 (hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act"), in section 6A, for sub-section (4), the following sub section shall be substituted, namely: "(4) The vehicle or any conveyance so seized under sub-section (3) shall stand forfeited to Government in the manner as may be prescribed.". 3. In the principal Act, in section 6B, for sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely: "(3) The vehicle or any conveyance so seized under sub-section (2) shall stand forfeited to Government in the manner as may be prescribed." . 4. In the principal Act, in section 8, (1)in sub-section (2), for the words "seven years but shall not be less than three years and with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees", the words "imprisonment for life but shall not be less than ten years and with fine which may extend to five lac rupees but shall not be less than one lac rupees" shall be substituted. (2)in sub-section (4), for the words "imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine which may extend to twenty five thousand rupees", the words "imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years but shall not be less than seven years and with fine which may be extend to five lac rupees but shall not be less than one lakh rupees" shall be substituted. 5. In the principal Act, for section 9, the following section shall be substituted, namely: Born. LXXII of 1954. Offences under the Act to be cognizable and non-bailable. "9. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, all offences under this Act shall be cognizable and 2 of 1974. non-bailable." . Amendment of section 15 of Born. LXXII of 1954. 6. In the principal Act, in section 15, after clause (cc), the following new clauses shall be inserted, namely: "(cd) the manner of forfeiture of the vehicle or any conveyance to Government under sub-section (3) of section 6A; (ce) the manner of forfeiture of the vehicle or any conveyance to Government under sub-section (2) of section 6B;". Government Central Press, Gandhinagar