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5Offences and disqualifications.

(1)Any person guilty of an offence under any provision of this Act other than the last foregoing section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both such fine and such imprisonment.

(2)Any person guilty of an offence under the last foregoing section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds.

(3)Where a person is convicted of any offence under this Act or of any offence under the [1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 27.] Protection of Animals Act, 1911, or the [2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. 14.] Protection of Animals (Scotland) Act, 1912, the court by which he is convicted may cancel any licence held by him under this Act, and may, whether or not he is the holder of such a licence, disqualify him from keeping a pet shop for such period as the court thinks fit.

(4)A court which has ordered the cancellation of a person's licence, or his disqualification, in pursuance of the last foregoing subsection may, if it thinks fit, suspend the operation of the order pending an appeal.