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Section 12

of Slaughterhouses Rules 2003

State Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 12 of 16

Section 12

(1)

No livestock intended to be used as public consumption shall be slaughtered at any place other than at a licensed slaughterhouse or at a Government slaughterhouse.

(2)

A slaughter fee payable by the owner of livestock slaughtered at a gazetted

Government slaughterhouse or a licensed slaughterhouse under these Rules shall be prescribed and declared by the Director by notification in the Gazette.

(3)

The licensee of a slaughterhouse shall ensure that no slaughter of any livestock is carried out unless an inspector assigned by the Director for this purpose is present;

wherever it is not applicable, the Director may impose such conditions as he deems fit.

Special permit.