Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960
2. Definitions. -
In this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires, -
(a)"animal'' means any living creature
other than a human being;
(b)"Board'' means the Animal Welfare
Board established under section 4;
(c)"captive animal'' means any animal
(not being a domestic animal) which is in captivity or confinement, whether
permanent or temporary, or which is subjected to any appliance or contrivance
for the purpose of hindering or preventing its escape from captivity or
confinement or which is pinioned or which is or appears to be maimed;
(d)"domestic animal'' means any animal
which is tamed or which has been or is being sufficiently tamed to serve some
purpose for the use of man or which, although it neither has been nor is being
nor is intended to be so tamed, is or his become in fact wholly or partly
tamed;
(e)"local authority'' means a municipal
committee, district board or other authority for the time being invested by law
with the control and administration of any matters within a specified local
area;
(f)"owner'', used with reference to an
animal, includes not only the owner but also any other person for the time
being in possession or custody of the animal, whether with or without the
consent of the owner;
(g)"phooka'' or "doom dev'' includes
any process of introducing air or any substance into the female organ of a
milch animal with the object of drawing off from the animal any secretion of
milk;
(h)"prescribed'' means prescribed by
rules made unless this act;
(i)"street'' includes any way, road,
lane, square, court, alley, passage or open space, whether a thoroughfare or
not, to which the public have access.