THE BENGAL DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1944 (Bengal Act V1 of 1944) An Act to ~rovidfeo r the prevention of the spreod of conrogious diseases nntongsr aaintals in Bangladesh. 2. In this Act unless there is anything repugnant in definitions, the subject or context, - (I) "animals" means bulls, bullocks, cows. oxen, heifers, calves, buffaloes, sheep, goats, and all other ruminating animals, dogs, swine and includes such other domesticated animals excepting horses, camels, asses and mules as may he specified in this behalf by the Government by norilication in the Official Gazette; (2) "contagious disease" means rinderpest that is to say, the disease commonly known as cattle plague, anthrax, haemorrhagic septicaemia, foot-and-mouth disease, rabies and includes such other diseases as may be declared by the Government by notification in the Official Gazette to be contagious diseases for the purposes of this Act; (4) "infective" used with reference to an animal mean...