Act on cow slaughter notified
Bhopal: The state government notified the Madhya Pradesh Gau-vansh Pratishedh Adhiniyam, 2010 with effect from March 5. The government made the notification through an extraordinary gazette notification.
According to the new law, slaughtering a cow will lead to a jail term upto seven years and a minimum fine of Rs 5000 in the state.
The state government had passed the Madhya Pradesh Gau-Vansh Vadh Pratishedh (Sanshodhan) Vidheyak in the in the assembly in 2010 and was pending for Presidential’ assent until first week of January this year. The delay in getting the presidential assent was a bone of contention between the Central government and the state government. The amendment was made to remove the flows in the original Act Madhya Pradesh Gauvansh Pratishedh Adhiniyam 2004 in an attempt to protect and conserving the cows in the state.
Being a tough law, in case of arrest for the charges of slaughtering a cow, the onus of proving ones innocence lied with the accused to make the law as an effective deterrent against cow killing.
The old law had the provision of three years imprisonment for slaughtering a cow but now in the new law it would be seven years jail term and a minimum fine of Rs 5000 and which might be extended as per the will of the court.
Besides this, the law said, “no person including transporter shall transport or offer for transport or cause to be transported any cow progeny himself or by his agent, servant or by any other person acting in his behalf within the State or outside the State for the purpose of its slaughter in contravention of the provisions of this Act or with the knowledge that it will be or is likely to be slaughtered”. The amended Act also has provisions for specifying necessary actions for feeding and rearing the cow progeny. According to the law, a police officer not below the rank of head constable or any person authorized in this behalf by competent only authority would have the power to entry, inspection, search and seizure
According to the new law, slaughtering a cow will lead to a jail term upto seven years and a minimum fine of Rs 5000 in the state.
The state government had passed the Madhya Pradesh Gau-Vansh Vadh Pratishedh (Sanshodhan) Vidheyak in the in the assembly in 2010 and was pending for Presidential’ assent until first week of January this year. The delay in getting the presidential assent was a bone of contention between the Central government and the state government. The amendment was made to remove the flows in the original Act Madhya Pradesh Gauvansh Pratishedh Adhiniyam 2004 in an attempt to protect and conserving the cows in the state.
Being a tough law, in case of arrest for the charges of slaughtering a cow, the onus of proving ones innocence lied with the accused to make the law as an effective deterrent against cow killing.
The old law had the provision of three years imprisonment for slaughtering a cow but now in the new law it would be seven years jail term and a minimum fine of Rs 5000 and which might be extended as per the will of the court.
Besides this, the law said, “no person including transporter shall transport or offer for transport or cause to be transported any cow progeny himself or by his agent, servant or by any other person acting in his behalf within the State or outside the State for the purpose of its slaughter in contravention of the provisions of this Act or with the knowledge that it will be or is likely to be slaughtered”. The amended Act also has provisions for specifying necessary actions for feeding and rearing the cow progeny. According to the law, a police officer not below the rank of head constable or any person authorized in this behalf by competent only authority would have the power to entry, inspection, search and seizure
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