Cruelty to Animals (Scotland) Act , 1850
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
(13 & 14 Vict.) C A P. XCII.
[14th August 1850]
WHEREAS it is expedient to prevent wanton Cruelty in the Treatment of Horses, Cattle, and other domestic Animals, inScotland: ' 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 Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That any Personwho 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, shall be guilty of an Offence, and shall for every such Offence be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.
II Penalty on Persons keeping Places for Bull-baiting, Dog-fighting, &c.
II. 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 guilty of an Offence, and every such Offender 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 be guilty of an Offence, and be liable for every such Offence to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds.
III Keepers of Slaughter-houses for killing Horses to be licensed.
III. And be it enacted, That no Person shall keep or use any House or Place for the Purpose of slaughtering or killing any Horse or other Animal (which shall not be intended for Butchers Meat) without first taking out a Licence for that Purpose, which Licence every Sheriff within his own County is hereby authorized to grant upon being satisfied that the Person applying for such Licence is a proper Person for keeping such House or Place, and upon Payment of a Sum not exceeding Five Shillings to the Sheriff Clerk for making out and recording such Licence; and a Copy of such Licence shall be recorded in the Sheriff Clerk's Books; and any Person shall at all reasonable Hours be entitled to inspect such Books, and to make any Extract relating to such Licence therefrom, upon Payment to the Sheriff Clerk of Sixpence for such Inspection and Extract; and every Personso licensed shall cause to be painted in large legible Characters on a Board to be affixed over the Gate or Door of such House or Place his or her Name, with the Words ‘Licensed for slaughtering Horses, pursuant to an Act passed in the Session of Parliament holden in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Years of the Reign of Her Majesty QueenVictoria;’ and any Person failing so to do shall be guilty of an Offence, and shall be liable to a Penalty not exceeding Five Pounds for such Offence, and a farther Penalty of Five Pounds for every Day during which such...
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