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Licence for slaughter houses. - (1) The owner of any place within the village panchayat area which is used as a slaughter house for the slaughtering of animals or for the skinning or cutting up of any carcasses shall in the first month of every year or in the case of a place to be newly opened one month before the opening of the same, apply to the 176 177[Village Panchayat] for a licence. (2) The Village Panchayat may, by an order and subject to such restrictions and regulations as to supervision and inspection as he thinks fit, grant or refuse to grant such licence. (3) Nothing contained in this section shall apply to the slaughter of animals in any concealed place without causing hardship to the public in the Village Panchayat area on occasions of festivals, marriage ceremonies, etc. [230 A. Slaughter houses to be maintained properly. - Every public or licensed slaughter house, shall be maintained properly and waste materials there from shall be disposed of without causing nuisance to the public, where any violation of the conditions of agreement or licence leads to unhygienic condition of the slaughter house, the person concerned may on conviction, be punished with a penalty upto rupees five thousand and a further fine at the rate of rupees five hundred for each day on which the offence is continuing and in case such penalty is imposed continuously for ten days, action can be taken treating the licence as automatically cancelled.]