10. Prosecution of offences and recovery of penalties in England;

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--in Scotland ;- in Ireland.

Power of offender in England to elect to be tried on indictment, and not by summary jurisdiction.

Form of appeal to quarter sessions.

Power of offender in Scotland to elect to be tried on indictment, and not by summary jurisdiction.

Power of appeal in Ireland.

Power of offender in Ireland to elect to be tried on indict

ment, and not by summary jurisdiction.

16. Repeal of 39 & 40 Vict. c. 77.

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Make provision for the more effectual prevention of Cruelty A.D. 1878. to Animals.

HEREAS it is expedient to make more effectual provision for

the prevention of cruelty to animals :

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, 5 and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

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1. This Act may be cited as the Cruelty Prevention Act, 1878.
2. In this Act-

Short title.

Interpreta

The term "Secretary of State" means, in England and Scotland, tion of terms.
one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and in
Ireland the Chief Secretary of the Lord Lieutenant :

The term "Summary Jurisdiction Act" means, in England, the
Act of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her
present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled "An Act to
"facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the
peace out of sessions within England and Wales with respect
"to summary convictions and orders," and any Act amending
the same:

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The term "court of summary jurisdiction" means and includes,―
In England, any justice or justices of the peace, metropolitan
police magistrate, stipendiary or other magistrate or officer,
by whatever name called, exercising jurisdiction in pur-
suance of the Summary Jurisdiction Act: Provided that the
court when hearing and determining an information under
this Act shall be constituted either of two or more justices of
the peace in petty sessions, sitting at a place appointed for
holding petty sessions, or of some magistrate or officer sitting
alone or with others at some court or other place appointed

A.D. 1878.

General prohibition

of cruelty.

Prohibition of experimental vivisection.

for the administration of justice, and for the time being empowered by law to do alone any act authorised to be done by more than one justice of the peace;

In Scotland, any sheriff, justices or justice, magistrate or other
officer exercising jurisdiction in pursuance of the Summary 5
Procedure Act, 1864; and,

In Ireland, any justices, justice, or other officer exercising
jurisdiction in pursuance of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act,
1851, and any Act amending the same, or in pursuance of
the Acts regulating the powers of justices of the peace in 10
Dublin, or of the police of Dublin metropolis:

The term "physiological laboratory" means and includes any
place set apart or used for anatomical or physiological
investigations:

The term "infirmary" means any place in which animals are 15
received for the performance of any surgical operation, or for
the treatment of disease:

The term "occupier means the person or persons rated to the

relief of the poor in respect of any premises:

The term "metropolis" means the city of London and all 20 parishes and places mentioned in Schedules A. B. and C. to the Metropolis Local Management Act, 1855:

The term "local authority" means, in the metropolis, the corporation of the city of London, and the several vestries and district boards having authority under the Metropolis Local 25 Management Act, 1855, within their respective jurisdictions, and elsewhere,

In England, the urban and rural authorities for the purposes
of the Public Health Act, 1875;

In Scotland, the local authorities for the purposes of the 30
Public Health (Scotland) Act, 1867; and,

In Ireland, the urban and rural sanitary authorities, for the
purposes of the Public Health Act (Ireland), 1874.

3. If any person shall from and after the passing of this Act cruelly torture or wantonly or barbarously injure any vertebrate 35 animal he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

4. From and after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful to perform any experiment causing, or being in itself of a nature to cause, pain or disease in any vertebrate animal, except for the purpose of alleviating or curing any disease from which such animal 40