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PART II
Protection of Animals
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Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act.
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4.—Section 1 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by:—
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(a) the insertion in subsection (1) after paragraph (e) of the following paragraph:—
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“(f) being the owner or having charge or control of any animal shall without reasonable cause or excuse abandon it, whether permanently or not, in circumstances likely to cause it unnecessary suffering, or cause or procure or, being the owner, permit it to be so abandoned”;
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(b) the deletion in subsection (1) of all words from “such person shall be guilty” to the end of the subsection and the substitution therefor of:—“such person shall be guilty of an offence of cruelty within the meaning of this Act and shall on summary conviction thereof be liable—
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(i) in respect of a first or second offence to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment;
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(ii) in respect of a third or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding fifty pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment”;
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(c) the addition to paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of “and a captive animal shall not be deemed to be coursed or hunted within the meaning of this subsection if it is coursed or hunted in an enclosed space from which it has no reasonable chance of escape”;
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(d) the insertion in subsection (3) after paragraph (b) of the following paragraph:—
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“(c) to the commission or omission of any act in the course of the coursing, hunting, pursuit, capture or destruction or attempted destruction of any wild animal unless such commission or omission is accompanied by or involves the infliction of unnecessary suffering.”.
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