Section 5 in The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (Slaughter House) Rules, 2001
5. Lairages .-(1) Every animal after it has been subjected to veterinary inspection shall be passed on to a lairage for resting for 24 hours before slaughter.
(2)The lairage of the slaughter house shall be adequate in size sufficient for the number of animals to be laired;(3)The space provided in the pens of such lairage shall be not less than 2.8 sq.mt. per large animal and 1.6 sq.mt. per small animal(4)The animals shall be kept in such lairage separately depending upon their type and class and such lairage shall be so constructed as to protect the animals from heat, cold and rain(5)The lairage shall have adequate facilities for watering and post-mortem inspection.
