Section 2Definitions

s. 2

2. Definitions In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (a) “animal” means any bull, bullock, cow, ox, heifer, [calf, buffalo, goat and sheep]; (b) “carcase” means the dead body or any portion of the dead body of an animal as defined in clause (a); (c) “catering establishment” means any hotel, restaurant, eating house, cafe, canteen, and includes any other place of a like nature open to the public or to any limited class of the public where meat in any form is consumed or procurable; (d) “meat” means the flesh or other edible portion of any animal which has been slaughtered in a slaughter-house as defined in clause (f) ; (e) “prohibited day” means a day on which the slaughter of animal and the sale of meat thereof is prohibited by the Government by notification in the official Gazette; and (f) “slaughter-house” means any place used for the slaughter of any animal for the purpose of selling the flesh thereof as meat or otherwise, but excludes any slaughter-house belonging to or maintained by the [Armed Forces of Bangladesh].

1. 4. The words and commas “calf, buffalo, goat and sheep” were substituted for the words “calf and buffalo” by section 4 of the Animals Slaughter (Restriction) and Meat Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVIII of 1983)
2. 5. The words “Armed Forces of Bangladesh” were substituted for the words “Pakistan State Forces” by section 4 of the Animals Slaughter (Restriction) and Meat Control (Amendment) Ordinance, 1983 (Ordinance No. XVIII of 1983)