Executive Summary:
This notification announces a draft of amendments to the Performing Animals Registration Rules, under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. The draft rules will be considered after 30 days from the date the notification is made available to the public. Objections or suggestions regarding the draft rules can be addressed to the Deputy Secretary Animal Welfare, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **Amendment Title:** Performing Animals Registration Amendment Rules, 2018.
* **Effective Date:** The rules will come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
* **Amendments to the Performing Animals Registration Rules, 2001:**
* **Rule 2 Amendment:**
* Addition of a definition for "circus" as a large public entertainment featuring pageantry, feats of skill, and performing animals.
* **Rule 13 Amendment:**
* Addition of Rule 13A: Prohibition on exhibiting and training of animals for specified performances.
* No animals shall be used for any performances or exhibition at any circus or mobile entertainment facility.
Impact Analysis:
* **Circuses and Mobile Entertainment Facilities:**
* *Impact:* Prohibited from using animals for performances or exhibitions.
* *Action Required:* Cease the use of animals in performances and exhibitions.
* **Animal Trainers and Exhibitors:**
* *Impact:* Restriction on the ability to train and exhibit animals for circuses and mobile entertainment facilities.
* *Action Required:* Comply with the prohibition on using animals for performances and exhibitions in circuses and similar facilities.
* **Central Government (Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change):**
* *Impact:* Responsible for considering objections and suggestions to the draft rules.
* *Action Required:* Review and address any objections or suggestions received regarding the draft rules.
* **General Public:**
* *Impact:* Affected by changes to animal welfare regulations.
* *Action Required:* Opportunity to submit objections or suggestions regarding the draft rules within 30 days of the notification's publication.
Key Entities Referenced
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960: An Act of the Parliament of India to prevent the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering on animals.
Performing Animals Registration Amendment Rules, 2018: The name of the rules being amended in the notification.
Central Government: The government responsible for making the rules.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change: The ministry responsible for the notification and animal welfare.
Performing Animals Registration Rules, 2001: The principal rules being amended.
Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, New Delhi: Address where objections or suggestions to the draft rules may be sent.
Manju Pandey: Joint Secretary who approved the notification.
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment: Ministry that published the principal rules in 2001.
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MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(Animal Welfare Division)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 28th November, 2018
G.S.R. 1142(E).—The following draft of certain rules, which the Central Government proposes to make in
exercise of the powers conferred under section 38 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 (59 of 1960), is
hereby published, as required under subsection (1) of section 38 of the said Act, for the information of all the persons
likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said Performing Animals (Registration) (Amendment)
Rules, 2018 shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date on which copies of
the Gazette containing this notification are made available to the public;
Objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before
expiry of the period aforesaid will be considered by the Central Government;
Objections or suggestions to these draft rules may be addressed to the Deputy Secretary (Animal Welfare) to the
Government of India in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, New
Delhi.
DRAFT RULES
1. (1) These rules may be called the Performing Animals (Registration) (Amendment) Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Performing Animals (Registration) Rules, 2001, in rule 2, the following shall be added:-
“(k) “circus” means a large public entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an
outdoor or indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of pageantry, feats of skill and daring, performing animals, etc.”.
3. In the Performing Animals (Registration) Rules, 2001, under rule 13, the following shall be added:-
“13A. Prohibition on exhibiting and training of animals for specified performances‒ No animals shall be used
for any performances or exhibition at any circus or mobile entertainment facility.”
[F. No.11/4/2018-AWD]
MANJU PANDEY, Jt. Secy.
Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide
S.O. 267(E) dated the 26th March, 2001 by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and was last amended
vide Notification S.O.35(E) dated the 8th January, 2002 by Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation.
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