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General defence of special circumstances.
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17.—Where a person is charged with an offence under any section in this Part of this Act in relation to the slaughter or rendering unconscious of any animal, it shall be a good defence to such charge to show that the act alleged to constitute such offence was done for the purpose of preventing unnecessary pain or suffering to such animal or preventing injury to any human being or to any animal or to property and that such act was a reasonable thing to do in the circumstances for one or more of the purposes aforesaid.
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