The Glanders and Farcy Act, 1899

Current legal status not independently verified. Source: Pakistan Code (single official PDF, 2026-08-21). The text below is the official Pakistan Code text as retrieved; whether it is still in force, or has since been amended or repealed, has not been independently checked.

WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the law relating to glanders and farcy; It is hereby enacted as follows:–

• Section 1: Short title and extent
• Section 2: Definition of “diseased”
• Section 3: Application of Act to local areas by Provincial Government
• Section 4: Provincial Government to appoint Inspectors
• Section 5: Power of entry and search. Within the local limits for which he is so appointed, any such
• Section 6: Power of seizure. Within such limits as aforesaid, the Inspector may seize any horse
• Section 7: Horse to be examined by Veterinary Practitioner
• Section 8: Horse to be destroyed if found diseased: otherwise restored
• Section 9: When horse diseased, place where it has been to be disinfected, etc
• Section 10: Owner or person incharge of diseased horse to give notice. The owner or any person in
• Section 11: Prohibition against removal, without license of horse which has been with diseased
• Section 12: Vexatious entries, searches and seizures
• Section 13: Penalty for refusing to comply with notice under section 9, or for removing horse
• Section 14: Power to make rules
• Section 15: Appointment of same person to be both Inspector and Veterinary Practitioner. Any
• Section 16: Protection to persons acting under Act. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding
• Section 17: [Repeal.] Rep. by the Repealing and Amending Act, 1914 (X of 1914), s. 3 and Schedule