(1) When any charge is laid before any court for any offence committed under this Act, the court may if it thinks fit, direct that a registered veterinary surgeon be summoned to give evidence on the hearing of the charge.
(2) Where, in the opinion of a registered veterinary surgeon the animal to which such charge relates, suffers from an incurable disease or is suffering to such an extent that the animal cannot be used for any purpose for which such animal is ordinarily used, the court hearing the charge may in lieu of or in addition to any other penalty authorised by law, order such animal to be destroyed in a humane manner.