Gandhinagar: Gujarat Assembly has today passed The Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 unopposed in absence of opposition members.

Some of the provisions of the bill:

– Cow transportation to be possible only with permit issued by respective govt authority. Transportation during night hours( 7 pm to 5 am ) not allowed even with permit. Only 7 officials are notified for issuance of permit contrary to 25 earlier.
– Minimum 10-year imprisonment to life term jail punishment for those proven guilty of slaughtering cow. Minimum Rs 1 lakh to maximum Rs 5 lakh fine in addition to this(earlier Rs 50,000).
– Slaughtering of cow will be a non-bailable offense.
-Illegal Transportation of bovine or storage,selling,possession or transportation of cow beef or its products will attract minimum 7 years and maximum 10 years imprisonment with Rs 1-10 lakh fine when proven guilty.
– Vehicle used for illegal cow transportation will be seized permanently by the Government. Earlier the government could keep such vehicles only for six months maximum.

Number of saints gathered at the assembly felicitated Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Minister of State for Home Pradipsinh Jadeja and others for this bill.

More details are awaited on this crucial development.

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