Cruelty to Animals Act 1849
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1849 c. 92 |
| Year | 1849 |
(12 & 13 Vict.) CAP. XCII.
[1st August 1849]
'WHEREAS an Act was passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Fifth and Sixth Years of the Reign of His late Majesty KingWilliam the Fourth, intituled : And whereas another Act was passed in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady QueenVictoria , intituled An Act to extend to Ireland the Actof the Fifth and Sixth Years of His late Majesty's Reign, consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the cruel and improper Treatment of Animals : And whereas it is expedient to repeal the Provisions of the said recited Acts, and to make other and more effectual Provisions for promoting the Objects and Purposes of the said Acts:' Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliamentassembled, and by the Authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act the said recited Acts (excepting so far as they, or either of them, repeal any other Act or Part of any other Act,) be and the same are hereby repealed, save as to any Offences committed against the Provisions of the said recited Acts, or either of them, before the passing of this Act, which Offences shall and may be dealt with, and the Offenders proceeded against and punished, as if this Act had not passed.
II Penalty for Cruelty to Animals.
II. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall from and after the passing of this Act cruelly beat, ill-treat, over-drive, abuse, or torture, or cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated, over-driven, abused, or tortured, any Animal, every such Offender shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.
III As to Places kept for Bull-baiting, Dog-fighting, &c.
III. And be it enacted, That every Person who shall keep or use or act in the Management of any Place for the Purpose of fighting or baiting any Bull, Bear, Badger, Dog, Cock, or other Kind of Animal, whether of domestic or wild Nature, or shall permit or suffer any Place to be so used, shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds for every Day he shall so keep or use or act in the Management of any such Place, or permit or suffer any Place to be used as aforesaid; provided always, that every Person who shall receive Money for the Admission of any other Person to any Place kept or used for any of the Purposes aforesaid shall be deemed to be the Keeper thereof; and every Person who shall in any Manner encourage, aid, or assist at the fighting or baiting of any Bull, Bear, Badger, Dog, Cock, or other Animal as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds for every such Offence.
IV As to Damage done by Persons guilty of Cruelty to Animals.
IV. And be it enacted, That if any Person shall, by cruelly beating, ill-treating, over-driving, abusing, or torturing any Animal, do any Damage or Injury to such Animal, or shall thereby cause any Damage or Injury to be done to any Person or to any Property, every such Offender shall on Conviction of such Offence pay to the Owner of such Animal (if the Offender shall not be the Owner thereof), or to the Person who shall sustain Damage or Injury as aforesaid, such Sum of Money by way of Compensation, not exceeding the Sum of Ten Pounds, as shall be ascertained and determined by the Justice of the Peace by whom such Person shall have been convicted: Provided always, that the Payment of such Compensation, or any Imprisonment for the Nonpayment thereof, shall not prevent or in any Manner affect the Punishment to which such Person or the Owner of such Animal may be liable for or in respect of the beating, ill-treating, or abusing of the said Animal: Provided also, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any Proceeding by Action against such Offender, or the Employer of such Offender, where the Amount of Damage or Injury is not sought to be recovered under this Act.
V Persons impounding Animals to provide Food and Water.
V. And be it enacted, That every Person who shall impound or confine, or cause to be impounded or confined, in any Pound or Receptacle of the like Nature, any Animal, shall provide and supply during such Confinement a sufficient Quantity of fit and wholesome Food and Water to such Animal; and every such Person who shall refuse or neglect to provide and supply such Animal with such Food and Water as aforesaid shall for every such Offence forfeit and pay a Penalty of Twenty Shillings.
VI Power to supply Food and Water to Animals impounded.
VI. And be it enacted, That in case any Animal shall at any Time be impounded or confined as aforesaid, and shall continue confined without fit and sufficient Food and Water for more than Twelve successive Hours, it shall and may be lawful to and for any Person whomsoever, from Time to Time, and as often as shall be necessary, to enter into and upon any Pound or other Receptacle of the like Nature in which any such Animal shall be so confined, and to supply such Animal with fit and sufficient Food and Water during so long a Time as such Animal shall remain and continue confined as aforesaid, without being liable to any Action of Trespass or other Proceeding by any Person whomsoever for or by reason of such Entry for the Purposes aforesaid; and the reasonable Cost of such Food and Water shall be paid by the Owner of such Animal, before such Animal is removed, to the Person who shall supply the same, and the said Costs may be recovered in like Manner as herein provided for the Recovery of Penalties under this Act.
VII. 'And whereas by an Act of Parliament passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty KingGeorge the Third, intituled , it is enacted, that every Person and Persons licensed according to the Provisions of that Act shall cause to be painted or affixed over the Door or Gate of the House or Place where he, she, or they shall carry on the Business of slaughtering Horses or other Cattle, in large legible Characters, his, her, and their Name and Names, together with the Words ‘Licensed for slaughtering Horses, pursuant to an Act passed in the Twenty-sixth Year of His Majesty KingGeorge the Third:’ And whereas no Penalty is provided by the said recited Act for the Refusal or Neglect to comply with the said Provision:' For Remedy whereof be it enacted, That any Personlicensed as aforesaid who shall refuse or neglect to comply with the said recited Provision of the said recited Act shall forfeit and pay for such Offence a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds, and shall forfeit and pay a like Penalty for every Day during which such Refusal or Neglect shall continue, such Penalties to be recovered as Penalties under this Act are directed to be recovered.
VIII Regulations as to Cattle sent to be slaughtered.
VIII. And be it enacted, That every Person keeping or using or acting in the Management of any Place for the Purpose of slaughtering Horses or other Cattle (not intended for Butchers Meat) shall immediately upon any Horse or other Cattle being brought to or delivered at such Place for the Purpose of being slaughtered, cut off or cause to be cut off the Hair from the Neck of such Horse or other Cattle, and within Three Days from the Time of such Horse or other Cattle being brought or delivered as aforesaid shall kill or cause to be killed the said Horse or other Cattle, and until such Horse or other Cattle shall be killed shall supply such Horse or other Cattle with a sufficient Quantity of fit and wholesome Food and Water; and if any Person keeping or using or acting in the Management of any such Place shall neglect or omit to cut or cause to be cut off the Hair of the Neck of such Horse or other Cattle, or to kill or cause to be killed any such Horse or other Cattle, within the Time above limited, or shall neglect or omit to supply a sufficient Quantity of fit and wholesome Food and Water to such Horse or other Cattle as aforesaid, every such Person shall on Conviction of any or either of the said Offences be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.
IX Cattle intended for Slaughter not to be employed.
IX. And be it enacted, That if any Person keeping or using or having the Management of any Place for the Purpose of slaughtering Horses or other Cattle (not intended for Butchers Meat) shall use or employ or cause or permit to be used or employed any Horse or other Cattle brought to or delivered at, or which shall be in or upon, such Place for the Purpose of being slaughtered, or shall permit or suffer any such Horse or other Cattle to leave the said Place, to be employed in any manner of Work, every such Person shall be liable to forfeit and pay a Penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings for every Day on which such Horse or other Cattle shall be so used or employed, or shall be absent from such Place; and every Person who shall be found using or employing any such Horse or other Cattle, or in the Possession of any such Horse or other Cattle whilst so used or employed, shall be liable to forfeit and pay a Penalty not exceeding Forty Shillings for every Day he shall use or employ or be so possessed of any such Horse or...
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