Cruelty to animals : [an Act to amend the law relating to cruelty to animals, 15th August 1876].
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- 1891
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Credit: Cruelty to animals : [an Act to amend the law relating to cruelty to animals, 15th August 1876]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![[39 & 40 Vict.] Cruelty to Animals. [Oh. 77.] The Presidents of the Royal Colleges of Physicians in London, Edinburgh, or Lublin; The President of the General Medical Council; The President of the Eaculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow; The President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, or the President of the Royal Veterinary College, London, but in the case only of an experiment to be performed under ansesthetics with a view to the advancement by new discovery of veterinary science; and also (unless the applicant be a professor of physiology, medi- cine, anatomy, medical jurisprudence, materia medica, or surgery in a university in Great Britain or Ireland, or in University College, London, or in a college in Great Britain or Ireland, incorporated by royal charter) by a professor of physiology, medicine, anatomy, medical jurisprudence, materia medica, or surgery in a university in Great Britain or Ireland, or in University College, London, or in a college in Great Britain or Ireland, incorporated by royal charter. Provided that where any person applying for a certificate under this Act is himself one of the persons authorised to sign such certi- ficate, the signature of some other of such persons shall be substituted for the signature of the applicant. A certificate under this section may be given for such time or for such series of experiments as the person or persons signing the certificate may think expedient. A copy of any certificate under this section shall be forwarded by the applicant to the Secretary of State, but shall not be available until one week after a copy has been so forwarded. The Secretary of State may at any time disallow or suspend any certificate given under this section. 12. The powers conferred by this Act of granting a license or giving a certificate for the performance of experiments on living animals may be exercised by an order in writing under the hand of any judge of the High Court of Justice in England, of the High Court of Session in Scotland, or of any of the superior courts in Ireland, including any court to which the jurisdiction of such last-mentioned courts may be transferred, in a case where such judge is satisfied that it is essential for the purposes of justice in a criminal case to make any such experiment. Legal Proceedings. 13. A justice of the peace, on information on oath that there is reasonable ground to believe that experiments in contravention of 5 A.D. 1876. Power of judge to grant license for experi- ment when necessary in criminal case Entry on warrant by justice.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22416328_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
