Section 6 in The Maharashtra Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Conduct of Bullock Cart Race) Rules, 2017
6. Conditions for grant of bullock cart race.
(1)The organizer shall conduct bullock cart race only at the venue, date and time specified in the application and the permission and subject to the following conditions, namely :-(a)the bullock cart race shall be organized on a proper track the total running distance of which shall not exceed 1000 meters in length. The race track should not have steep slope, stones or rocks, mud, marshy, water logged or slushy place. The bullock cart race shall not be permitted on streets or highways ;(b)the bulls or bullocks shall be provided rest for minimum of thirty minutes before they are brought on track for a particular race and any bull or bullock shall not be used for more than three races in a day ;(c)only one cart-man shall be allowed to drive the cart and no vehicle shall be allowed to run around the bullock cart on the track or outside the track ;(d)no cart man or any person proposing to race a bullock shall have in his possession or on the cart any stick , whip , pinjari , or any device or instrument capable of causing any pain to a bullock or giving an electrical shock to the bullock;(e)Tying of the legs of a bullock, or beating with stick or whip, or kicking, or use of any device like 'Pinjari' or device capable of causing any pain to or giving electric shock to a bullock, or any means or squeezing of genitals, or kicking on genitals, or injuring the genitals with spiked bits, or twisting of tail, or biting of tail by the cart-man or the person racing a bullock shall be strictly prohibited ;(f)the combination of pairs of bulls or bullocks for the race shall suitably match with each other ;(g)bulls or bullocks shall not be combined with any other type of animals for bullock cart race;(h)The bulls or bullock rest area shall be provided with adequate shade/shelter, adequate feed, fodder and drinking water. The resting area shall be maintained neat, clean and hygienic;(i)The organizer shall ensure the availability of services of Registered Veterinary Practitioner or the facility of Animal Ambulance during the event ;(j)The organizer shall ensure that no pain or suffering is caused to the animal before and during bullock cart race by any person or person in charge of the animal used to conduct bullock cart race by any means ;(k)The organizer shall ensure that, no performance enhancement drugs, alcohol, irritants, etc. are administered to the bulls or bullocks in any form before or during the event;(l)consumption or possession of alcohol or any other form of intoxicant by any cart-man present at the race venue is prohibited ;
