The application to the committee should include the name and identification details of the elephant proposed to be exhibited and also the date/dates on which such exhibition is proposed; the facilities for temporary tethering of elephants brought for exhibition and the route through which processions including elephants are to be conducted and the timing for the same.

The application should also include the elephant’s tour schedule covering a period 10 days prior to the proposed exhibition and 5 days after the proposed exhibition. The District Committee shall ensure that the elephant is not compelled to travel and be exhibited without sufficient rest periods between two exhibitions. Such a rest period shall not be less than three days (excluding any time taken for transportation). A health/fitness certificate showing that the elephant is not sick, injured, weak, disabled, or otherwise unfit for exhibition and information relating to the elephant’s normal musth period should also be produced with the application.

The committee should grant permission only after satisfying that the elephant has a temporary tethering facility. The temporary tethering site shall be clean and shall provide a healthy environment with sufficient shade for the elephants during the rest period. If the roofing is provided using metal or other unbreakable material, gunny bags, grass, palm leaves, etc., must be used to cover it to keep the shelter cool.