 bill no 125 of  2012 the  prevention  of  cruelty  to  animals   (amendment) bill,  2012 by dr mahendrasinh p chauhan, mp a billfurther to amend the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960be it enacted by parliament in the sixty-third year of the republic of india as follows:—short title and commencement1 (1) this act may be called the prevention of cruelty to animals (amendment) act,19605(2) it shall come into force on such date, as the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, appointamendment of section 3859 of 19602 in section 38 of the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960, in sub-section (2), after clause (h), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—"(ha) ensuring that the number of animals to be transported in a vehicle is in proportion to the carrying capacity of the vehicle;" statement  of  objects  and  reasonsour parliament had enacted a law—the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960 to prevent cruel and ruthless treatment of animals in pursuance of that act, some norms were laid down for transporting animals from one place to another without hurting them at the time of enactment of the said law, the carrying capacity and power of vechicles used for transporting animals was limited today vehicle technology has changed a lot vehicles with more loading capacity are available in the market but the number of animals such as cows, buffaloes, bulls, sheep, goats, etc that can be transported has been restricted under this law the number of animals that can be transported in big trucks is also limited and that is the reason why vehicle owners also suffer economic loss as the said provision of the above act has become obsolete, it is necessary to amend it to bring it in sync with the necessity of present times it will enable the transportation of animals as per the carrying/loading capacity of the vehicleshence this billnew delhi;mahendrasinh  p  chauhannovember 7, 2012 memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationthe proposed amendment in the bill empowers the central government to make rules for transportation of animals in vehicles the rules will relate to matters of detail onlythe delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character annexure extract from the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960(59 of 1960)     38 (1) power to make rules(2) (a)  (h) the precautions to be taken in the transport of animals, whether by rail, road, inland waterway, sea or air and the manner in which and the cages or other receptacles in which they may be so transported;———— a billfurther to amend the prevention of cruelty to animals act, 1960————(dr mahendrasinh p chauhan, mp)gmgipmrnd—3312ls(s-3)—21112012