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Special provision for certain kinds of cruelty

Cap. 115, s. 7 · Revised Edition 2020

Every person who, (a) in the course of, or for the purpose of, removing animals from any vessel to land, swims or urges any animal through water where it is exposed or liable to be bitten by sharks or other reptiles; or (b) raises or hoists or attempts to raise or hoist, or assists in raising or hoisting, any horned animal by its horns, or any swine or other animal by a rope, tackle or noose; or (c) for the like purpose, or in driving or attempting to drive any animal whatever, twists its tail or does any act likely to occasion torture, shall be deemed guilty of ill-treating that animal within the meaning of this Act and shall be liable to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
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