Dourine Act.
Appendix IX.
a place specified in the order, and such direction shall be suffi-
cient authority for the detention of the horse in that place for
that purpose.
Duties of Ins¬
pector.
6. An Inspector issuing an order under section 5, shall forthwith for-
ward a copy of such order to the veterinary practitioner.
Inspection of
horses.
7. A veterinary practitioner receiving a copy of an order forwarded
under section 6 shall, as soon as possible after receipt of such copy, examine
the horse mentioned therein, and may for such purpose enter any building,
field or other place.
Powers of Ve-
terinary Pract¬
tioner.
8. A veterinary practitioner may—
(a) cancel any order issued under section 5; or
(b) if on microscopical examination or by other scientific test he finds
that any horse is affected with dourine—
(i) in the case of an entire horse, cause it to be castrated,
(ii) in the case of a mare, with the previous sanction of such authority
as the Local Government may appoint in this behalf, or, if so
empowered by the Local Government, without such sanction,
cause it to be destroyed.
Compensation
for
horse
destroyed, etc.
9. When any horse is castrated or destroyed under section 8, the market-
value of such horse immediately before it became affected with dourine shall
be ascertained; and the Local Government shall pay as compensation to
the owner thereof—
(a) in the case of a mare which has been destroyed, or of an entire horse
which has died in consequence of castration, such market-value,
and
(b) in the case of an entire horse which survives castration, half the
amount by which such value has been diminished owing to in-
fection with dourine and castration.
Settlement of
Compensation.
10. (1) A veterinary practitioner may award, as compensation to be
paid under section 9 in respect of each horse castrated or destroyed under
section 8, a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees.
(2) If in the opinion of the veterinary practitioner the amount which
should be paid as such compensation exceeds two hundred and fifty rupees,
he shall report accordingly to the Collector, who shall decide the amount
to be so paid.
Committees for
hearing appeals.
11. (1) The Local Government shall, by rules published in the Local
Official Gazette, make provision for the constitution of a committee or com-
mittees for the hearing of appeals from decisions under section 10.
(2) Such rules shall provide that not less than one member of any com-
mittee constituted thereunder shall be a person not in the employ of Govern¬
ment or of a local authority.
Appeals.
12. Any owner may, within two months from the date of a decision under
section 10, appeal against such decision to the committee constituted in that
behalf by rules made under section 11, and the decision of such committee
shall be final.
Vexations
entries and
searches.
13. (1) Whoever, being an inspector appointed under this Act, vexa¬
tiously and unnecessarily enters or searches any field, building or other place
shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six
months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both.
(2) No prosecution under this section shall be instituted after the expiry
of three months from the date on which the offence has been committed.
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