Shimla Municipal Corporation
(Slaughter House) Bye-laws, 2004.
SHORT TITLE & COMMENCEMENT:-
1.(i) These Bye-laws may be called the Shimla Municipal Corporation (Slaughter House) Bye-laws, 2004.
(ii) These Bye-Laws shall come into force from the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
DEFINITIONS: 2. In these Bye-Laws, unless there is any thing repungment to the subject or context: -
(i) “Animal” means sheep, goats and pigs.
(ii) “Carcass” means the carcass of an animal which has been slaughtered in the prescribed manner..
(iii) “Meat” means the flesh of sheep, goat and pig and their products intended for human or animal consumption.
(iv) “Butcher” means the person preparing or dealing with meat intended for human or animal consumption.
(v) “Slaughter-man” means the person who slaughters the animal and dresses the carcass.
(vi) “Slaughter-house” means the slaughter-house and the precincts thereof owned and managed by the committee and includes the inspection yard, the waiting yard and the slaughter yard.
(vii) “Inspection yard” means the place where the animals are presented to the superintendent for ante-mortem inspection.
(viii) “Waiting yard” means the place where the animals are kept after approval for slaughter and before being admitted to the slaughter yard.
(ix) “Slaughter yard” means the actual place where the animals are slaughtered.
(x) “Committee” means the Municipal Corporation, Shimla.
(xi) “Superintendent” means the Market Superintendent/Veterinary Public Health Officer of the slaughter house appointed by the Committee as such and includes any person officiating or deputed to perform duty in his place.
THE SLAUGHTER HOUSE
3. No animal shall except in case of necessity or for a purpose, be slaughtered in any place granted or licensed by the Committee for the slaughtering of animals.
4..Adequate provisions shall be made at every place appointed or licensed for the slaughtering of animals for:-
(i) an adequate supply of wholesome water.
(ii) Disinfection & cleansing of utensils, instruments and hands.
(iii) Ventilation
(iv) Lighting.
(v) Cleansing.
(vi) Keeping the premises free from flies, carrion, rats, mice and other vermin.
(vii) Sufficient number of vessels or receptacles of galvanized iron or other non-absorbent material and furnished with closely fitting covers for the purpose of receiving and conveying all refuse products.
(viii) An adequate number of hangers or pulleys for hanging the carcasses.
(ix) Paying the slaughter yard with rough cement concrete or other non-slippery impervious material and for covering the internal surface of the surrounding walls with hard smooth and impervious materials to a height of at least six feet.
(x) Suitable drains to be connected with municipal drains and in case of non-sewered towns with cesspools or pits constructed of non-absorbent material outside the building for the collection of refuse, filth etc.
5 .The Veterinary Public Health Officer shall be the Officer incharge of the slaughter house. It shall be his duty: -
(i) To attend at the slaughter house during the hours fixed.
(ii) To inspect the animals ante-mortem
(iii) To inspect carcasses.
(iv) To keep a record of the animals slaughtered.
(v) To see that at the end of each day’s work the slaughter-house is thoroughly cleaned and disinfected and all meat unfit for human or animal consumption has been duly destroyed or disposed off and
(vi) Generally to enforce the provisions of these Bye-Laws.
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