Section 2: Definitions
परिभाषाएँ
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Last updated Aug 13, 2025
Bill
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960
Chapter
Preliminary
Section No.
2
Keywords
PCA 1960
Section 2
definitions
animal
Board
performing animal
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Provides key definitions used across the Act, including terms such as ‘animal’, ‘Board’, ‘captive animal’, ‘domestic animal’, ‘performing animal’, ‘owner’, ‘street’, ‘prescribed’, and ‘unnecessary pain or suffering’.
अधिनियम में प्रयुक्त प्रमुख शब्दों की परिभाषाएँ देता है, जैसे ‘पशु’, ‘बोर्ड’, ‘बंधक पशु’, ‘घरेलू पशु’, ‘प्रदर्शन करने वाला पशु’, ‘स्वामी’, ‘सड़क’, ‘नियत’ तथा ‘अनावश्यक वेदना या कष्ट’ आदि।
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