 bill no 240 of  2017 the ban on cow slaughter bill, 2017 by shri gajanan kirtikar, mp a billto prohibit the slaughter of cow and its progeny and for matters connected therewithwhereas article 48 of the constitution enjoins on the state to organize agricultural and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and in particular to take steps for preserving and improving the breeds and prohibiting the slaughter of cow and its progeny be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the ban on cow slaughter act, 2017short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires, "cow" includes a bull, bullock, ox,heifer or calfban on cow slaughter53 notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force orany usage or custom to the contrary, no person shall slaughter or offer or cause to be offered for slaughter of any cow in any placeban on sale of beef4 no person shall sell or offer for sale or cause to be sold beef products in any form forany purposepunishments105 (1) any person who slaughters a cow or sells beef or beef products shall be punishedwith imprisonment for a term which may extend upto ten years or with fine which may extend upto rupees ten lakh or with both(2) in case a person convicted of an offence under this act fails to pay the fine, theterm of imprisonment of such person shall extend for a further period of five years statement of objects and reasonsthe cow protection was a symbol of animal rights and of non-violence against all life forms for gandhi he venerated cows, and suggested ending cow slaughter to be the first step to stopping violence against all animals he said: "i worship it and i shall defend its worship against the whole world", and stated that "the central fact of hinduism is cow protection"article 48 of the constitution enjoins on the state to organize agricultural and animal husbandry on modern and scientific lines and in particular to take steps for preserving and improving the breeds and prohibiting the slaughter of cow and its progeny in view of the consideration that the cow and its entire progeny must be saved to provide milk, as well as manure, it becomes imperative to impose complete ban on the cow slaughtervarious researchers and practical observations have revealed that even after stoppage of milk, the products out of cow dung and urine are being manufactured to such an extent that it is becoming economically beneficial to maintain and nourish themthough some states have imposed the ban, lakhs of cows and its progeny are being carried from these states to the states where the ban has not been imposed and even to other countries india is the third biggest beef exporter in worldthe demand for complete stoppage of cow slaughter has come from eminent persons of all religions, supreme court has also upheld cow ban in the state of gujaratpeople from all walks of life have undertaken vishwa mangal gau gram yatra throughout the country to educate masses vishwa mangal gau gram yatra is the largest ever cow protection movement in india the yatra (journey) began on 30 september, 2009 from kurukshetra in the state of haryana and ended on 17 january 2010 at nagpur, covering 20,000 kilometres (12,000 miles) in these 108 daysthus from constitutional and other angles, it is necessary to ban slaughter of cow and its progeny through a central lawhence this billnew delhi;gajanan kirtikarnovember 27, 2017———— a bill to prohibit the slaughter of cow and its progeny and for matters connected therewith————(shri gajanan kirtikar, mp)gmgipmrnd—2652ls(s3)—19122017