Section 5 in The Maharashtra Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Conduct of Bullock Cart Race) Rules, 2017
5. Application to participate in a race.
(1)Any cart man or participant who intends to race a bull or participate as a Cart Man at the race event shall make an application in Schedule C to the organizer at least 48 hours prior to the race event along with identity proof and a photograph of the bulls and bullocks.(2)All participants who have submitted applications as above shall get the bull/bullock examined and certified as fit by a registered veterinary practitioner. All participants shall submit the certificate from a Registered Veterinary Practitioner in the format specified in Schedule 'B', to the organizers before the race event. The validity of the fitness certificate shall be forty-eight hours including the day of race.If the Registered Veterinary Practitioner issues the certificate without examining the Bull/Bullock or issues a certificate which is either incorrect or false, action shall be taken against such Veterinary Practitioner under the Veterinary Council of India (Standard of Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Code of Ethics for Veterinary Practitioners) Regulations, 1992.(3)The application forms and the certificates of fitness from the Registered Veterinary Practitioner shall be submitted by the organizers to the two Officers attending the event, before the commencement of the race event. The application forms and veterinary certificates shall form part of the Report to be submitted by the said Officers to the Collector.(4)Only the cart man and the bullock for which application forms and veterinary fitness certificates have been received by the organizers and submitted by them to the Officers shall be entitled to participate in the event and any race.(5)Participation of any bull or cart man whose form has not been submitted or who has not submitted a fitness certificate to the Officers by the organizers, will constitute a breach of the permission and these Rules.
