An Act to provide for Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan and to establish institutions to accept, keep, maintain and care the infirm, injured, stray and uneconomic cows in the State of Haryana.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Sixty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:
1. This Act may be called the Haryana Gauvansh Sanrakshan and Gausamvardhan Act, 2015.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “beef” means flesh of cow in any form including flesh of cow contained in sealed containers and imported in the State;
(b) “beef-products” means products prepared from beef;
(c) “cow” means and includes a bull, bullock, ox, heifer or calf and a disabled, diseased or barren cow;
(d) “competent authority” means the concerned Sub-divisional Magistrate and includes any other officer appointed by the Government for exercising the powers under this Act;
(e) “Department” means the Animal Husbandry Department of the Government;
(f) “export” means taking out of cow from the State to any other place;
(g) “Gauvansh” means cow or its progeny;
(h) “Gausamvardhan” means conservation and development of indigenous breeds of cow;
(i) “Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana in the administrative department;
(j) “indigenous breed” means the indigenous cow population which is recognized as a breed by Breed Registration Committee of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, from time to time;
(k) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
(l) “sanrakshan” means protection and conservation of Gauvansh;
(m) “slaughter” means killing by any method whatsoever and includes maiming and inflicting of physical injury which in the ordinary course may cause death;
(n) “State” means the State of Haryana.
3. Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force or any usage or custom to the contrary, no person shall slaughter or cause to be slaughtered or offer or cause to be offered for slaughter any cow in any place in the State:
Provided that killing of a cow in an accident or self defence shall not be considered as slaughter under the Act.