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against this Act, and shall, if it be the first offence, be liable to a.d. im. 

 a penalty not exceeding fifty pounds, and if it be the second ™"~ 

 or any subsequent offence, be liable, at the discretion of the 

 court by which he is tried, to a penalty not exceeding one 

 hundred pounds, or to imprisonment for a period not exceed- 

 ing three months. 



3. The following restrictions are imposed by this Act with General restnc- 



. r ° i • • • i r • tions as to per- 



respect to the performance on any living animal or an experi- formanceofpain- 

 ment calculated to give pain ; that is to say, SSSSET* " 



(i.) The experiment must be performed with a view to 

 the advancement by new discovery of physiological 

 knowledge or of knowledge which will be useful for 

 saving or prolonging life or alleviating suffering ; 

 and 



(2.) The experiment must be performed by a person holding 

 such license from one of Her Majesty's Principal 

 Secretaries of State, in this Act referred to as the 

 Secretary of State, as is in this Act mentioned, and 

 in the case of a person holding such conditional 

 license as is hereinafter mentioned, or of experi- 

 ments performed for the purpose of instruction in 

 a registered place ; and 



(3.) The animal must, during the whole of the experi- 

 ment, be under the influence of some anaesthetic 

 of sufficient power to prevent the animal feeling 

 pain ; and 



(4.) The animal must, if the pain is likely to continue 

 after the effect of the anaesthetic has ceased, or if 

 any serious injury has been inflicted on the animal, 

 be killed before it recovers from the influence of the 

 anaesthetic which has been administered ; and 



{5.) The experiment shall not be performed as an illustra- 

 tion of lectures in medical schools, hospitals, colleges, 

 or elsewhere ; and 



(6.) The experiment shall not be performed for the purpose 

 of attaining manual skill. 



