Section 17(1) in The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Act, 1960
(1)It shall be the duty of the Committee to take all such measures as may be necessary to ensure that animals are not subject to unnecessary pain or suffering before, during or after the performance of experiments on them, and for that purpose it may, by notification in the Gazette of India and subject to the condition of previous publication, make such rules as it may think fit in relation to the conduct of such experiments.
