(1) Except
as otherwise provided in this Act, no person shall kill any animal or
bird in any public place other than a religious place where there is a
tradition to offer sacrifice of an animal or bird.
Provided that nothing shall bar the killing of any animal or
bird in a fair, feast, exhibition or event or place where there is a
tradition of slaughtering animals or birds being practiced from time
immemorial.
Explanation: For the purposes of this Section, the term
“public place” means a way, road, bridge, meadow or place for
movement of human beings.
(2) In making sacrifice of an animal or bird under subsection
(1), no sacrifice of such animal or bird shall be executed in
any public place or religious place other than a religious place where
the sacrifice of animals or birds has been in practice from time
immemorial.
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(3) In making sacrifice of an animal or bird under subsection
(1), any alternative measure, if any available, to such
sacrificing shall be adopted.
(4) Where it is necessary to make sacrifice of an animal or
bird being it not possible to adopt the measure under sub-section (3),
such sacrifice shall be made at such place and in accordance with
such method as determined by the manager of the concerned
religious place.
(5) A person who commits, or causes to be committed, the
offence referred to in this Section shall be liable to a sentence of
imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or a fine not
exceeding five thousand rupees or both the sentences.