Punjab Police Rules Volume 1 - Sangrur Police

128 Punjab Police Rules, 1934 Volume 1, CHAPTER 7
der professional assistance free of charge to police officers when purchasing remounts at
those fairs which are held in the horse-breeding circles under the control of the Army Remount
Department.
Rule 7.20
7.20. Purchase of branded mares, etc. - Police officers are forbidden to purchase, as
remounts for the police or for themselves, any mare of filly branded (E.I.), (G.I.),
(G.I./V.), (G.I./P.), (G.I./A.), (G.I./C.), (stable number over (J.C.) or stable number over
(L.B.) unless the owner or possessor of such animal produces a certificate from a competent
authority authorizing the sale of such animal on the ground that she is barren.
Purchasing officers and Superintendent shall be responsible that this order is strictly
obeyed. Every facility shall be given to the owners of remounts purchased to compete in
classes at shows, and for inspection by officials of the show and of the Civil Veterinary
Department and Army Remount Department.
Rule 7.21
7.21. Purchases for individual officers. - Gazetted Officers to whom Government
grants for the purchase of chargers have been made, and other gazetted officers and upper
subordinates wishing to purchase charges may avail themselves of the assistance of purchasing
officers in selecting suitable horses. In such cases all arrangements shall be made
personally between the purchasing officer and the officer desiring his assistance, and the
former shall be under no obligation to act, unless he receives in advance funds to cover
the purchase.
Rule 7.22
7.22. Disposal of foals and cast animals. - (1) Cast horses and camels shall be sold,
provided that any animal, which by reason of permanent injury cannot be worked without
cruelty, shall be destroyed. Foals of horses and camels borne on the Chanda are the property
of the fund and shall be sold as soon as they have reached a suitable age. Expenses
incurred in their keep to the time of sale shall be borne by the fund. Proceeds of sales under
this rule shall be credited to the fund.
(2) The use for breeding of mares borne on the Chanda and of all mares entered in the
register maintained under rule 7.32(1) is prohibited; provided that this rule may be relaxed
on the authority of the Deputy Inspector-General of the range on the recommendations of
a veterinary officer or for other special reasons.
Rule 7.23
7.23. Veterinary treatment. - (1) All charges for medical treatment of horses and camels
when such is not rendered necessary by ill-treatment or carelessness on the part of a
subscriber, and for the castration of horses and camels when such operations are specially
ordered by the Superintendent, shall be borne by the fund. Veterinary Surgeons and Assistants,
however, whether in the Government service for employees of local bodies, have
been directed to afford medical and surgical assistance gratis to all police horses brought
to them.
(2) As soon as a remount is accepted for the Chanda Fund, the Superintendent of Police,
or the purchasing officer, shall have a veterinary sheet prepared for each horse or camel
in I.A.F. V-1752. This sheet will always accompany the animals, and each time the animal
is sent to the veterinary officer, the history sheet shall be sent with it for that officer
to enter his remarks therein. In no circumstances shall these history sheets be destroyed,
duplicates issued or any alterations made in the original description of the animal, without
the authority of the Superintendent of Police. Duplicate sheets will be marked as such.
This endorsement and any alteration in the description on a sheet, whether original or duplicate,
will be signed and dated by the Superintendent of Police. Copies of the form
referred to above are obtainable from the Central Police Office.
Rule 7.24
7.24. Feeding and up-keep of horses and camels. - (1) The cost of feeding and, in the