[If] one slaughters and it is found [to be] a treifah, or [if] one slaughters for idolatry, or [if] one slaughters unconsecrated animals inside [the Temple Courtyard] or consecrated ones outside, [or if one slaughters] a beast or fowl sentenced to stoning — R’ Meir declares him obligated [to cover the blood], but the Sages exempt [him]. [If] he slaughtered [it] and it became a neveilah through his hand, [or if] he pierced its nostrils or tore out the throat organs, he is exempt from covering [the blood].

[If] a deaf-mute, a mentally deranged person, or a minor slaughtered with others observing them, one is required to cover [the blood]; by themselves, he is exempt from covering [the blood]. Likewise, in the matter of ‘‘it and its offspring,’’ [if] they slaughtered with others observing them, it is forbidden to slaughter after them; by themselves — R’ Meir permits slaughtering after them, but the Sages prohibit [it]. They agree, however, that if one slaughtered, he does not incur forty lashes.