Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman, and Diu make anti-cow slaughter laws stringent

New Delhi, Jan 20 : Tightening the noose around the incident of the cow slaughter, the Ministry of Home Affairs has notified a stringent law against cow slaughter for the merged Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

 

 

The law bans the transportation of a cow, calf, heifer, bull, bullock, and ox within the UT for the purpose of its slaughter. Such acts will be considered illegal and will attract higher penalties starting from 10 years in jail to imprisonment for life and a fine between Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh.

 

It further states that cow slaughter will include maiming, poisoning, insensate, and inflicting physical injury which in the ordinary course will cause death. It also does away with exceptions to the cow slaughter ban, such as the killing of a cow suffering enough to render its destruction desirable or afflicted by contagious disease notified by the government.

 

As per the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Adaptation of State Laws) Second Order, 2022, notified by the MHA on Tuesday, the Bombay Animal Preservation Act, 1954, as applicable to the erstwhile UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and as in force in Gujarat, as well as Goa. Daman and Diu Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, as applicable to the erstwhile UT of Daman and Diu, now stand amended and shall apply to the merged UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

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