{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-act-1911/section-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-act-1911/section-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo5/1-2/27",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Animals Act 1911",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-animals-act-1911",
  "path": "section/14",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Appeals.",
  "text": "(1) An appeal shall lie from any conviction or order (other than an order for the destruction of an animal) by a court of summary jurisdiction under this Act to quarter sessions.\n(2) Where there is an appeal by the owner of an animal from any conviction or order by a court of summary jurisdiction under this Act, the court may order him not to sell or part with the animal until the appeal is determined or abandoned, and to produce it on the hearing of the appeal if such production is possible without cruelty and a person who fails to comply with an order under this section without satisfactory excuse shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 11-14 repealed (E.W.) (27.3.2007 for W., 6.4.2007 for E.) by Animal Welfare Act 2006 (c. 45), s. 68(3), Sch. 4 (with ss. 1(2), 58(1), 59, 60); S.I. 2007/499, art. 2(2)(m); S.I. 2007/1030, art. 2(1)(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58,SIF 39:1), Sch. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words added by Criminal Justice Act 1948 (c. 58,SIF 39:1), Sch. 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45, SIF 39:1), s. 31 and Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 14(1) amended with the substitution for the reference to quarter sessions of a reference to the Crown Court by Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), s. 56(2), Sch. 9 Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/1-2/27/section/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:11:32.332389+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}