TEXT OF THE ACT 



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4. The substance known as urari or curare shall not for a.d. is7g. 

 the purposes of this Act be deemed to be an anaesthetic. use of urari as 



XT . , 1 • • 1 • a • 1 an anaesthetic 



5. Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, an prohibited, 

 experiment calculated to give pain shall not be performed 



Special restric- 



without anaesthetics on a dog or cat, except on such certificate exp?riSents n on l 

 being given as in this Act mentioned, stating, in addition dogs ' cats > etc - 

 to the statements hereinbefore required to be made in such 

 certificate, that for reasons specified in the certificate the 

 object of the experiment will be necessarily frustrated unless 

 it is performed on an animal similar in constitution and habits 

 to a cat or dog, and no other animal is available for such 

 experiment ; and an experiment calculated to give pain shall 

 not be performed on any horse, ass, or mule except on such 

 certificate being given as in this Act mentioned that the 

 object of the experiment will be necessarily frustrated unless 

 it is performed on a horse, ass, or mule, and that no other 

 animal is available for such experiment. 



6. Any exhibition to the general public, whether admitted Absolute prohi. 

 on payment of money or gratuitously, of experiments on living exhibition of llc 

 animals calculated to give pain shall be illegal. Eg. 1 experi " 



Any person performing or aiding in performing such 

 experiments shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence against 

 this Act, and shall, if it be the first offence, be liable to 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 exceeding three 

 months. 



And any person publishing any notice of any such intended 

 exhibition by advertisement in a newspaper, placard, or other- 

 wise shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one pound. 



A person punished for an offence under this section shall 

 not for the same offence be punishable under any other section 

 of this Act. 



Administration of Law. 



7. The Secretary of State may insert, as a condition of Registry of place 

 granting any license, a provision in such license that the place oTeSeSnts? 

 in which any experiment is to be performed by the licensee is 



