RULES OF THE DELHI SOCIETY FOR

THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY

TO ANIMALS (DSPCA)

[Under section 40 of the Punjab Laws Act, 1872 (Act No. IV of 1872), the Delhi
SPCA inspectors are conferred with powers of police officers].
Rules of the Delhi Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (Regd.
in 1928)
1. Title of the Society.—The Society is called “The Delhi Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals”.
2. Objects of the Society.—The objects of the Society are to prevent the cruel
treatment, and to secure the welfare, of animals throughout India. The Society
especially endeavours to realise these objects within the State of Delhi.
3. Means by which the objects of the Society are sought to be secured.—
(1) The Society seeks to secure the objects it has in view by the following means:—
(a) the distribution of papers and pamphlets, in English and Hindi, inculcating
kindness to animals, furnishing useful information as to the treatment
of domestic animals, and containing information as to the law with
regard to cruelty to animals in force in India;
(b) the employment of paid officials charged with the duty of watching,
cautioning and, if necessary, prosecuting persons guilty of any act of
cruelty towards animals punishable under any law in force in India;
(c) providing medical aid to sick and suffering animals, through the medium
of hospitals, ambulance and such other means as may be approved by
the Managing Committee; and
(d) such other means as may be from time to time approved by the Managing
Committee.
Movable & Immovable Property.—(2) For the purposes aforesaid the Society shall
have the power to receive gifts of property or money with or without conditions
to purchase, sell or otherwise acquire to dispose of movable or immovable
property and to maintain buildings and do such other things as may be considered
conducive to the objects aforesaid.
4. Patrons and Vice-Patrons.—(1) The President of India for the time being
shall be invited to be a Patron, and the Lt. Governor and the Executive Councillor
(Development) for the time being, if not holding the appointment of President or
Vice-President, shall be invited to be Vice-Patron of the Society.
(2) The Managing Committee may elect other persons to be Patrons and Vice-
Patrons.
5. Members of the Society.—The Society consists of four classes of members:
(a) Life Members,
 (b) Ordinary Members,
(c) Associate Members, and
(d) Junior Members.
6. Membership Rules.—Donors of Rs. 150 or upwards in the sum to the funds
of the Society shall be Life Members.
(i) Any person wishing to join the Society may make an application to the
Secretary of the Society on a printed form which can be obtained from
the office of the Society during working hours or on sending a letter to
the Secretary. That form shall be signed by the person applying for a
membership and he shall forward the same to the Secretary. He shall
state whether he wishes to join as a life-member or an ordinary member,
junior or associate member. His application will be placed by Secretary
before a Sub-Committee appointed for this purpose by the Executive
Committee who will decide by a majority vote, whether his name for
membership of the Society may be accepted or rejected and the Secretary
will communicate that decision to the person concerned.
As a special case students of schools and colleges have been allowed to
be annual member on payment of Rs. 50 every year. They will have
voting right but will not be eligible to get elected as any office-bearer of
the Society.
(Approved by Dev. Commissioner, Delhi Admn. vide U.O. No. 521, dated
19-2-1990.)
(ii) Along with the application for membership the applicant shall send a
minimum sum of (*) Rs. 150 in case he desired to be a life member and
(**) Rs. 15 in case he desired to be an ordinary member or Rs. 10 in case
he desired to be an associate member or Rs. 2 in the case of a junior
member. The advance will be returned if the application is not accepted.
(iii) In case of a life member, he shall pay a minimum sum of (*) Rs. 150 in
one sum to the funds of the Society and in case of an ordinary, junior
or associate member the subscription shall be (**) Rs. 15, Rs. 10 or
Rs. 2 respectively per annum payable once a year after the 1st April.
(*Rs. 500, ** Rs. 25. Amended vide resolution adopted in Annual General
Meeting held on 4-4-1987.)
(iv) An ordinary, or Associate and Junior member may terminate his
membership by resignation or his membership may be terminated from
such date as the Executive Committee may decide by failure to pay the
annual subscription before the expiry of the year for which it is due.
(v) An Associate or Junior member will have no voting rights at the general
meeting. An Associate member can not be an office-bearer of the Society
but will have all other rights and privilege of an ordinary member.
7. If a member takes up an occupation or takes part in activities likely to
conflict with his co-operation in the aims and objects of the Society or if it is for
any reason undesirable that a person should continue to be a member of the Society,
the Executive Committee may consider if the name of such member should be
removed from the rolls of members. If a resolution for his removal is passed at a
meeting of the Executive Committee by a majority of the members present at such
meeting the member shall cease to be a member of the Society from the date of
the passing of the resolution. An opportunity shall be given to such member to put
his case before the Executive Committee. No action shall lie against the Society
or the members of the Managing or Executive Committee for such resolution or any
action taken pursuant thereto.
8. President and Vice-President.—There shall be a President and a Vice-
President of the Society who shall be elected by the Managing Committee from
among their number.
9. Secretary and Treasurer.—(1) The Managing Committee shall appoint:
(a) a Secretary and, if they think fit, one or two Joint or Assistant Secretaries;
(b) a Treasurer.
(2) Temporary vacancies in any of the above-mentioned appointment may be
filled by the Executive Committee from members of the Managing Committee in
the first instance and failing them from members of the Society.
10. Duties of the Secretary.—(1) The duties of the Secretary shall be:—
(a) to attend all meetings of the Managing and Executive Committees and
record minutes of the proceedings at each such meetings;
(b) to conduct the correspondence of the Society and to have to the custody
and care of all books, documents and other property of the Society except
such as are in the custody of the bankers of the Society;
(c) to present to the managing Committee monthly returns of the operations
of the Society and to the Society at its annual general meeting the
statement of the accounts for the past year together with an annual report
of the work of the Society; and
(d) any other duties which may be prescribed by the Managing or Executive
Committee and the Secretary shall be generally responsible to the
Managing and Executive Committee for the efficient management of the
Society.
(2) The Secretary shall have the full power to sanction the payment of any
items of expenditure not exceeding Rs. 100 in any one month and the President
and Vice-President shall have full power to sanction any items of expenditure not
exceeding (*) Rs. 200 in any one month. For any item of expenditure over Rs. 200
in any one month the sanction of the Executive Committee shall be obtained. The
Executive Committee has also the power to give ex post facto sanction to any
expenditure incurred by the Society or office-bearer.
(*Rs. 2000. Amended vide resolution adopted in the Annual General Meeting
held on 20-5-1988.)
(3) The Secretary shall have full control over the staff of the Society with power
to grant leave to any member of the staff and in case of misconduct, insubordination
or inefficiency to take action in accordance with the conditions that may be laid
down by the Executive Committee, but all cases in which the Secretary recommends
dismissal shall be reported to the Executive Committee for the passing of final
orders.
(4) The Secretary may at any time obtain instructions, directions or authority
of the Managing Committee or the Executive Committee by stating a case in
writing in a book reserved for the purpose, and the book shall thereupon be
circulated among the members of the Managing or Executive Committee, as the
case may be, for the purpose of their instructions, directions or authorisation, as
the case may be, being therein recorded. The members of the Managing or
Executive Committee, as the case may be, shall record their views in the book and
the Secretary shall carry out the views adopted by the Chairman of the Committee.
Any such instructions, directions or authorisation shall be deemed to have been
given in the form of a resolution to that effect duly passed at a meeting of the
Committee:
Provided that if any member considers that the point under discussion should
be confirmed at a meeting, it shall be put at the next meeting of the respective
Committee for confirmation.
(5) The Secretary shall have the power to delegate to the Joint or Assistant
Secretary any of the duties imposed and any of the powers conferred upon him
by or under this rule.
11. Managing Committee.—(1) The management of the Society shall be vested
in a Managing Committee of the members of which:
(i) Two may be appointed on the nomination of the Delhi Municipal
Corporation.
(ii) One may be appointed on the nomination of the New Delhi Municipal
Committee.
(iii) One member shall be appointed on the nomination of the Animal
Welfare Board as a member of the Managing Committee or Executive
Committee or any Committee formed for the purpose of implementing
any project in regard to which a grant may be made by the Animal
Welfare Board and affairs of the society shall be open to inspection by
any person nominated by the Animal Welfare Board in this behalf.
(iv) A nominee of the Deputy Commissioner and the Development
Commissioner shall be a member of the Managing Committee.
(v) The rest, not exceeding 25 in number, shall be elected from the members
of the Society at the annual general meeting provided that if less than
25 members are elected, the rest may be co-opted by the Managing
Committee.
(2) (a) The Managing Committee shall be entitled to invite not more than three
persons who in the opinion of the Managing Committee represent the interest of
the tongawalas, thelawalas camel-carts, etc., to attend and participate but not to
vote in the meetings of the Managing Committee.
(b) The President and in his absence the Vice-President shall preside at
meetings of the Managing Committee. In the absence of both the Committee shall
elect its own chairman for the meeting.
*(c) Seven members shall constitute quorum.
(*Amended vide resolution adopted in Annual General Meeting held on
4-4-1987.)
Executive Committee.—(3) The Managing Committee shall elect annually from
their number an Executive Committee consisting of not more than 12 persons and
the Secretary one Joint Secretary and the Treasurer shall be ex-officio members.
(4) The Managing or Executive Committee may appoint so many other
Sub-Committee shall elect a Chairman. In the absence of the elected chairman a
Sub-Committee shall appoint a Chairman for the meeting.
(5) The Executive Committee shall meet at least once a month and the presence
of five members shall be required to constitute a quorum.
(6) The Executive Committee shall have the power subject to the general
directions of the Managing Committee to conduct the whole business of the
Association and in particular
(a) to enter into contracts and
(b) to sanction all necessary expenditure and
(c) to make appointments to posts which have been sanctioned by the
Managing Committee and
(d) to deal with all cases of misconduct insubordination or inefficiency that
may be placed before them by the Secretary and
(e) to deal with all questions of pay and all matters connected with the Staff
Provident Fund and
(f) to accept or to reject application for membership and remove any
member and
(g) to appoint Sub-Committee for any purpose and
(h) to invite not more than three persons to attend and participate but not
to vote in the meeting of the Executive Committee and
(i) to do all other things as may be delegated to be done by them by the
Managing Committee.
(7) It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee
(a) to frame a budget statement and to present it to the Managing Committee
on or before the 31st March in each year and
(b) to receive from the treasurer a monthly statement of accounts and report
from the Secretary as to the financial position of the Society.
(8) The Managing Committee and Executive Committee may declare any
member of the respective Committee or of any Sub-Committee to have vacated
his seat if he absents himself without sufficient reason from three consecutive
meetings of the respective Committee or of the Sub-Committee concerned as the
case may be.
(9) The Managing Committee may make temporary appointments from
among their number or from other members of the Society to the Executive
Committee or any other Sub-Committee in place of any member who is absent
from Delhi on duty or leave.
(10) Vacancies arising during the year in the Executive Committee or any other
Sub-Committee may be filled by the remaining members of the Executive
Committee or the Sub-Committee concerned.
(11) The Managing Committee may make temporary additional appointments
to the Executive Committee or to any other Sub-Committee.
(12) At a meeting of the Managing Committee or of the Executive Committee
or any other Sub-Committee, the Chairman and each other member shall have
one vote, and in the event of the votes being equal, the chairman shall also have
a casting vote.
12. Duties of the Honorary Treasurer.—It shall be the duty of the Honorary
Treasurer to keep proper accounts of the Society’s money, to present for audit in
the month of April in each year the accounts for the previous financial year and
to furnish to the Secretary monthly accounts for presentation to the Executive and
Managing Committees. The Honorary Treasurer shall whenever practicable
attend every meeting of the Managing Committee.
13. Bankers.—The Bankers of the Society are the State Bank of India, Delhi
or any other Scheduled Bank in Delhi appointed by the Managing Committee or
the Executive Committee.
14. Annual General Meeting.—(1) The Annual General Meeting of the Society
shall be held during the cold weather of each year. The dates shall be advertised
in such of the English and Hindi papers as may be selected by the Executive
Committee at least fourteen days before the meeting takes place and this shall be
deemed sufficient notice to any member of the Society. One-fourth of the ordinary
members of the Society present in person or by proxy shall constitute a quorum.
If a quorum is not present within one hour of the time for which the meeting was
called the meeting shall stand adjourned to the same time and place three weeks
thereafter and the date of the adjourned meeting shall be advertised in the manner
hereinbefore provided for the advertising of the date of the Annual General
Meeting. If no quorum is present at the adjourned meeting, its proceedings shall
be valid without such quorum. The President and in his absence the Vice-President
shall preside at the Annual General Meeting, and in the absence of both, the
meeting shall elect its chairman.
(2) The business of the meeting shall be to receive and consider the Report
of the Society for the past year, to receive and pass the accounts for the same period
to appoint members of the Managing Committee and to transact any other
business of which due notice has been given to the Secretary in writing not less
than seven days before the date of the meeting.
 15. Extraordinary General Meeting.—(1) The Secretary shall summon an
Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society upon the receipt of a written
requisition signed by not less than twenty-five members of the Society: Provided
that such requisition shall state the business proposed to be brought before such
meeting.
(2) At an Extraordinary General Meeting, no business other than the business
stated in the requisition shall be discussed.
(3) The provisions of rule 15 as regards the advertisement of the meeting, the
quorum required for the meeting and for an adjourned meeting and the filling
of the chair shall apply to an Extraordinary General Meeting held under this rule.
16. Alterations of Rules.—No alterations of these rules shall be made except
by a resolution of the Managing Committee at an Annual General or Extraordinary
General Meeting of the Society by a two-third majority of votes in person or by
proxy.
17. Audit of Accounts.—The Managing Committee shall from time to time
appoint a person or firm to audit the accounts of the Society and may fix the
remuneration to be paid to such person or firm.
OUR MOTTO
Prevent cruelty and promote kindness to Birds and Animals

NOTIFICATION OF TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT

AUTHORISING SPCA INSPECTORS IN THE STATE
TO EXERCISE POWERS UNDER PCA
(The reason why this is being included is because people wanting to set up
SPCAs in their own areas can get their Inspectors recognised the same way. The
Delhi SPCA is funded by the local government. The SPCA of each town should
be given land/building and annual grant by the Municipal Corporation or the
District Commissioner, and the Inspectors should be authorised to act as animal
police. For instance, under the Punjab Laws Act, 1872, section 40. The State
Government may confer on any person any of the powers which may be exercised
by a police officer under any Act for the time being in force and may withdraw
any powers so conferred.)
ABSTRACT
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 - (C.A. 59 of 1960) Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inspectors - Empowering of powers under
sections 13(3), 32 and 34 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 -
Notification—Issued.
Home (Police XII) Department
G.O.Ms. No. 1235 Dated: 26th May, 1987
Read:
From the Animal Welfare Board, Madras Dr. No. 6-9/85-Rules,
dated: 18-8-1986 and dated 17-12-1986.
 ORDER
The Animal Welfare Board of India, Madras has stated that the question of
empowering the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inspectors to
exercise powers under sections 13(3), 32 and 34 of the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals Act, 1960 was discussed at their 21st General Meeting of the Board held
at Madras in 1985. The Animal Welfare Board of India has recommended to
Government that the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Inspectors of
Tamil Nadu recognised by the Animal Welfare Board be empowered to exercise
the powers under sections 13(3), 32 and 34 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
Act, 1960 so that the Inspectors of Tamil Nadu may enforce the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Act more effectively. The Government accept the
recommendation of the Animal Welfare Board of India, Madras.
(2) The following Notification will be published in the Tamil Nadu Government
Gazette:

NOTIFICATION
Under sections 13(3), 32 and 34 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act,
1960 (Central Act 59 of 1960), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby authorises the
Inspectors of Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Tamil Nadu
recognised by the Animal Welfare Board to exercise the power under the said
sections in their respective districts:
(By Order of the Governor)
Sd/-
Deputy Secretary to Government
To
The Secretary, Animal Welfare Board, Madras–20