Section 21 in The Orissa Glanders and Farcy Rules, 1941
21. Compensation.
- Compensation may be given-(i)to the owner of a horse which is clinically diseased;(ii)to the owner of a horse which is apparently healthy and shows no outward symptoms of disease, but which has been in contact with a diseased horse and reacts under any recognised test, and is thus proved to be diseased ; provided as follows :(a)the horse is proved to the satisfaction of an Inspector to have been the property of its present owner for not less than 14 days prior to the detection of the disease;(b)in the opinion of a Veterinary Practitioner it was apparently free from disease, at the time when it came to be the property of its present owner;(c)it is not the property of the Provincial Government, or of a District or Local Board or Municipality or of any asylum for animals or of a company or body receiving financial assistance from the Provincial Government ;(d)the owner of the infected horse has exercised reasonable expedition in bringing the case to the notice of an Inspector;(e)the owner has given all reasonable assistance to such Inspector, and to the officers of the Veterinary Department in preventing the spread of infection;(f)the premises, harness, etc., have been disinfected or cleaned to the satisfaction of an Inspector.The District Magistrate will determine the value of the horse in consultation with a Veterinary Inspector, or the Deputy Director, as the case may be.The scale of compensation will be-Half the value of the horse subject to a maximum compensation of Rs. 100, which may be raised to Rs. 150 in the case of camels only.The estimate is to be based on the value of the horse immediately before it became subject to the Act and these rules.Explanation-(1) The object of conditions (a) and (b) of the proviso to Rule 21 is to discourage any dealing in or importation of horses known or suspected to be diseased.(2)A horse becomes subject to the provisions of the Act and rules relating to slaughter, immediately if it is infected, that is to say, before it shows clinical symptoms of disease.
