CHAPTER 360 - Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ActCommencement Date: 12/31/1962An Act of Parliament to make provisions for the prevention of cruelty to animals; to control experiments on animals; and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith Part I – PRELIMINARYShort title1.This Act may be cited as the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.Interpretation2.In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires— "anaesthetic" does not include the substance known as urari or curare; "animal" means a living vertebrate animal including any mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and fish; "authorized officer" means a person appointed under section 36; "experiment" means any experiment performed on an animal and calculated to give pain, but does not include an operation; "licensee" means a person licensed under the provisions of section 16; "operation" means an operation performed on an animal by a person legally permitted to...