Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
2. Interpretation
2. Interpretation
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 as an authorized offer 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 operate for the purposes of—Source: Kenya Law