 bill no 20  of  2009 the prevention of cruelty to animals (amendment) bill, 2009 by shri francisco sardinha, mp a billfurther to amend the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960be, it enacted by parliament in the sixtieth year of the republic of india as follows:—short title1 this act may be called the prevention of cruelty to animals (amendment) act, 200959 of 1960amendment of section 112 in section 11 of the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960 (hereinafter referred to as the principal act), in sub-section (3), the following clause shall be added, namely:—"(f) any bullfight or dhirio organized in the prescribed manner5explanation—'dhirio' means a traditional game for trial of strength between bulls, as is organized in the state of goa"3  after section 13 of the principal act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new  section 13a bullfights or dhirio to be organized only a f t e r permission of the district magistrate5(2) it shall be the duty of every person organizing a bullfight or dhirio to ensure that the horns of the bulls involved in bullfight or dhirio are sufficiently covered so as to prevent any injury on account of edge of the horns and wherever possible, a thin sheath covering the horns of the bulls shall be used to protect the body of the concerned animals so as to prevent any injury(3)  any person who intends to organize any bullfight or dhirio shall make an application in such manner and giving such details, as may be prescribed, to  the district magistrate or any such person appointed by the government for the purpose atleast fifteen days before the date, the said bullfight or dhirio is to take place10(4) on receipt of the application, the district magistrate or any such person appointed by the government for the purpose may grant permission for organizing bullfight or dhirio subject to such conditions as he may lay down or refuse permission after giving the organiser a reasonable opportunity of being heard and recording reasons therefor(5) any order issued under sub-section (4) by the district magistrate or any such person appointed by the government for the purpose shall be final"15 statement of objects and reasonsin certain states of the country including the states of goa, tamil nadu etc the bullfight popularly known as dhirio or racing or  fight by or between animals is organized in the villages during certain festivals organisation of such events during the festivities is a tradition going back to centuries however, in view of restrictions laid down under the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960, such events cannot take place people in the villages of the state of goa are agitating over restrictions on events like dhirio during the festivities the proposed amendment bill seeks to exempt the events like dhirio from the purview of the act and to enable the people to organise such traditional events as dhirio after obtaining due permission from the district magistrate or any such person appointed by the government for the purposethe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivenew delhi;francisco sardinhajune 4, 2009 annexure extract from the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960 (59 of 1960)       chapter iii cruelty  to  animals  generally11  (1)  if any person—      (2)       treating animals cruelty(3) nothing in this section shall apply to— (a)      (b)      (c)      (d)      (e) the commission or omission of any act in the course of the destruction or the preparation for destruction of any animal as food for mankind unless such destruction or preparation was accompanied by the infliction of unnecessary pain or suffering       lok   sabha———— a billfurther to amend the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960————(shri francisco sardinha, mp)gmgipmrnd—2191ls(s-5)—24062009