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CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ACT 1876 - SECT 2

Prohibition of painful experiments on animals.

2. A person shall not perform on a living animal any experiment calculated to
give pain, except subject to the restrictions imposed by this Act. Any person
performing or taking part in performing any experiment calculated to give
pain, in contravention of this Act, shall 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.


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