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 Animals.

418 Sect.

4.

Vivisection. Reports to Secretary of State.

Inspection of registered places.

Authentication of

The Secretary of State may also direct a person performing experiments to report to him the result in such form and with such details as he may require (p). All registered places must be visited from time to time by inspectors appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose of securing compliance with these provisions (q). 899. Any application for a licence and any certificate given must be signed by the President of one or more certain specified learned societies in England, Scotland, or Ireland, namely -The Eoyal

certificates

and applications for licences.

The Royal

—

Society of Edinburgh The Eoyal Irish Academy; Royal Colleges of Surgeons in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Royal Colleges of Physicians in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin; General Medical Council; Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Royal Veterinary College, and also by a professor of medical subjects in a university or college in Great Britain or Ireland incorporated by royal charter, unless the applicant is himself such a professor. Where the applicant for a certificate is himself authorised to sign such a certificate the signature of another authorised person must be substituted for the signature of the applicant. The certificate may be given for such time and for such series of experiments as the person signing thinks expedient and a copy thereof must be forwarded by the applicant to the Secretary of State, and is not available until one week afterwards, and the Secretary of State may disallow or suspend it at any time (?).

Society













Power

of

granriicences in criminal cases.

Search warrant.

900. Judges of the High Court in England, Scotland, and Ireland ^^^^ gi'ant a licence or give a certificate where they are satisfied that it is essential for the purposes of justice in a criminal case to make an experiment on living animals (s).

A

justice of the peace may, upon sworn information that reasonable ground to believe that experiments are being performed by an unlicensed person in an unregistered place, issue a search warrant, and the officers may enter and take the names and addresses of persons found. To refuse admission to or to obstruct any officer, or to refuse to disclose his name or address, or to give a false name or address, renders the offender liable to a penalty of five pounds (t).

901.

there

is

A

Eight to trial 902. person summarily accused in England of an offence on indictment for which elect to be tried the penalty is more than five pounds

and appeal.

may

any party thinks himself aggrieved by a summary conviction, he may appeal under the Summary Jurisdiction

on indictment Acts

Prosecution only by leave of Secretary of State.

A



and

if

(it).

prosecution under this Act against a licensed person Cruelty to Animals Act, 1876 (39

&

40 Yict.

may

not

on

sale

c.

77),

s. 9.

Ibid., s. 11. Forms of application for licences as Stationery Oflfice publications.

and

certificates are

(p) {(j)

Ihid.,

s.

10.

(r)

(s)

Ihid.,

s.

12.

(t)

Ibid.,

s.

13.

(u) Ibid., ss. 15, 16.