s. 37A (2) A person who carries out any surgical operation S. 36(2) on an animal unless— amended by Nos 77/1995 s. 30(3), (a) during the entire length of the operation, the 65/2007 animal is under the influence of an s. 103(2). anaesthetic so as to be insensible to any pain it might otherwise have suffered; and (b) the operation is carried out in accordance with any relevant Code of Practice— is guilty of an offence and is liable to a penalty of not more than, in the case of a natural person, 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or, in the case of a body corporate, 600 penalty units. (3) If an animal has been so injured in the course of a S. 36(3) amended by scientific procedure that it would seriously suffer Nos 77/1995 s. 30(3), if it remained alive, a person who fails to destroy 65/2007 the animal painlessly is guilty of an offence and is s. 103(3). liable to a penalty of not more than, in the case of a natural person, 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or, in the case of a body corporate, 600 penalty units. * * * * * S. 37 repealed by No. 65/2007 s. 104. __________________ Pt 3A (Heading and ss 37A–37H) inserted by No. 103/2003 s. 42. 37A Power to serve a notice S. 37A inserted by No. 103/2003 s. 42.
S. 36(2) amended by Nos 77/1995 s. 30(3), 65/2007 s. 103(2). (2) A person who carries out any surgical operation on an animal unless— (a) during the entire length of the operation, the animal is under the influence of an anaesthetic so as to be insensible to any pain it might otherwise have suffered; and (b) the operation is carried out in accordance with any relevant Code of Practice— is guilty of an offence and is liable to a penalty of not more than, in the case of a natural person, 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or, in the case of a body corporate, 600 penalty units. S. 36(3) amended by Nos 77/1995 s. 30(3), 65/2007 s. 103(3). (3) If an animal has been so injured in the course of a scientific procedure that it would seriously suffer if it remained alive, a person who fails to destroy the animal painlessly is guilty of an offence and is liable to a penalty of not more than, in the case of a natural person, 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 12 months, or, in the case of a body corporate, 600 penalty units. S. 37 repealed by No. 65/2007 s. 104. * * * * * __________________ Pt 3A (Heading and ss 37A–37H) inserted by No. 103/2003 s. 42. S. 37A inserted by No. 103/2003 s. 42. 37A Power to serve a notice s. 37A
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