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Prohibition of slaughter causing excessive suffering.
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14.—(1) It shall not be lawful for any person to slaughter an animal in a slaughter-house in any manner or by any means which causes any unnecessary, avoidable, or excessive pain or suffering to such animal.
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(2) Every person who slaughters an animal in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first such offence, to a fine not exceeding ten pounds and, in the case of a second or any subsequent such offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.
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