law: The Prevention and Control of Infectious and Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009 
  2. Definitions. – 
  In this Act, unless the
  
  context otherwise requires,-
  a.     
  
    "animal"
  
  means,-
               
  
   i.        
  
    cattle,
  
  buffalo, sheep, goat, yak, mithun;
              
  
  
  
   ii.        
  
    dog,
  
  cat, pig, horse, camel, ass, mule, poultry, bees; and(iii) any other animal or bird
  
  as the Central Government may, by notification, specify;
  a.    
  
  
  b.    
  
    "Check
  
  Post" means any place established as such by the Director to carry out checking
  
  of animals for the purpose of this Act;
  a.     
  
  
  
  
  b.     
  
  
  c.     
  
    "Competent
  
  Officer" means any person or officer of the Government notified as a Competent
  
  Officer under section 17;
  d.    
  
    "compulsory
  
  vaccination" means vaccination of any animal against any scheduled disease
  
  in respect of which vaccination is made mandatory under the provisions of this Act;
  e.     
  
    "controlled
  
  area" means any local area which has been declared as such by the State Government
  
  under sub-section (1) of section 6;
  f.     
  
    "defective
  
  vaccine" means any vaccine which is expired, breach in seal, contaminated,
  
  improperly stored, unlabelled or with mutilated label;
  g.    
  
  
  
    "Director",
  
  in relation to a State, means any officer in charge of the Department of Animal
  
  Husbandry or Veterinary Services, or both, notified by the State Government as such
  
  for the purpose of this Act;
  h.     
  
    "free
  
  area" means any controlled area which has been declared as such under sub-section
  
  (5) of section 6;
  i.      
  
    "infected
  
  animal" means an animal which is infected with any scheduled disease;
  j.      
  
    "infected
  
  area" means an area declared as such under section 20;
  k.     
  
    "notification"
  
  means notification published in the Official Gazette;
  l.      
  
  
  
    "prescribed"
  
  means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  m.   
  
    "publication"
  
  includes propagation of information through the media or newspaper or any other
  
  mass media and the means of local communication such as declaration in loud voice
  
  and by beating drums in the area;
  n.     
  
    "Quarantine
  
  Camp" means any place declared to carry out quarantine of animals and birds
  
  for the purpose of this Act;
  o.    
  
    "scheduled
  
  disease" means any disease included in the Schedule;
  p.    
  
    "Veterinarian"
  
  means a person having a recognised veterinary qualification who, under the law for
  
  the time being in force, is allowed to treat animal diseases;
  q.    
  
  
  
    "Veterinary
  
  Officer" means any officer, appointed as such by the State Government under
  
  clause (b) of section 3;
  r.      
  
    "Village
  
  Officer", in relation to a village, means any person who is authorised or designated
  
  as such in accordance with the qualifications prescribed by the State Government