No action taken by the department or decision not to act made by the department or condition or action required of another by the written instruction of the department shall be construed as cruelty to animals under any penal statute of this Commonwealth provided that such an action, decision or condition is taken, made or required under the authority of this chapter and its attendant regulations.
3 Pa.C.S. § 2387
Inapplicability of penal cruelty to animals statutes
Known as the Domestic Animal Law
The act spans §§ 3–3 (75 sections).
Official source: Pennsylvania General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Pennsylvania statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.