43                                 Appendix E.—(Contd.)

Vexatious
entries,
searches and
seizures.

12. (1) Whoever, being an Inspector appointed under this Act,
vexatiously and unnecessarily enters or searches any field, building or other
place, or seizes or detains any horse on the pretence that it is diseased,
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.

Penalty for
refusing to
comply with
notice under
section 9, or
for removing
horse con-
trary to sec-
tion it.

13. Whoever refuses or neglects to comply with any notice issued
by the Inspector under section 9, or removes any horse in contravention o
section II, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may
extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, or with
both.

Power to
make rules.

14. (1) The Local Government may make rules to carry out the
purposes and objects of this Act.

    (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing power, such rules as aforesaid may—

        (a) regulate entries, searches and seizures by Inspectors under this
                Act;

        (b) regulate the use of tests and the isolation of horses subjected
                thereto, and provide for recovering the expense of detaining,
                isolating and testing horses from the owners or persons in
                charge thereof, as if it were a fine;

        (c)regulate the destruction or treatment, as the case may be, of
                horses certified under section 8 to be diseased, and the
                disposal of the carcases of diseased horses ;

        (d)regulate the disinfecting of buildings and places in which
                diseased horses have been, and prescribe what things found
                therein or near thereto, shall be destroyed; and

        (e) regulate the grant of licenses under section 11 and the condi-
                tions on which those licenses shall be granted.

(3) All rules under this section shall be published in the local official
Gazette and, on such publication, shall have effect as if enacted by this Act.

(4) In making any rule under this section, the Local Government
may direct that a breach of it shall be punishable with imprisonment for a
term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to fifty
rupees, or with both.

Appointment
of same
person to be
both Inspec-
tor and
Veterinary
Practitioner.

15. Any Veterinary Practitioner may be appointed by the Local
Government to be both Inspector and Veterinary Practitioner for all or any
of the purposes of this Act or of any rule thereunder.