Conditions relating to business.
Restriction
of right of action for liquor sold.
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ing, painting, or other mark which may imply or give reasonable cause to believe that his premises are licensed for retail or barter of intoxicating liquors, or that such liquors are sold, served, or retailed therein.
22. (1) The business of every licensed publican or adjunct licensee shall be carried on subject to the following conditions: —
(a) no liquor shall be sold or drunk upon any censed premises other than premises licensed under a Chinese restaurant licence except between 8 a.m. and midnight: Provided that the Governor in Council may by notification alter such hours: Provided also that the Inspector General of Police in his discretion and in respect of occasions deemed by him to be "special occasions" may grant permits in writing extending the hours during which liquor may be sold or drunk upon the licensed premises of any publican. Of such permits there shall be two classes, that is to say, Class A, allow- ing sale to and drinking by the general public, and Class B, allowing sale to and drinking by members of a class, group, body or institution, exclusively.
(b) no disorder shall be permitted on the
premises;
(c) no person shall be allowed to become drunk on the premises, nor shall liquor be supplied to any person who is drunk;
(d) no game of chance shall be played on the
premises;
(e) a decent and suitable privy and urinal shall be maintained in a state of cleanliness and good repair for the use of customers; (f) the licensee shall not abandon the occupa- tion of his house or permit any other person to become virtually the keeper thereof; (g) the licensee shall not employ any person to sell or dispose of any liquors outside of his licensed premises, nor shall he allow or suffer any liquors to be so disposed of on his account; and
(h) the licensee shall not allow any person to occupy or use any portion of the premises for any immoral purpose.
(2) In the case of the business of every licensed publican the following conditions shall also apply:-
(a) the licensee excepted, no woman or girl whether belonging to the licensee's family or not, shall be permitted to serve or act in any capacity in the bar room or in any room directly opening out of the bar room; and
(b) the standard of quality of spirits as fixed by the Governor in Council shall be declared on the label of each bottle.
(3) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to amend or repeal the conditions contained in this section.
23. No licensed publican or adjunct licensee shall maintain any action for, or recover any debt or demand on account of intoxicating liquor, unless such debt has bonâ fide been contracted at one time to the amount of five dollars or upwards, nor shall any item in any account for such liquor be allowed where the liquor bond fide delivered at one time does not amount to the full sum of five dollars, nor shall any claim be allowed against any seaman or soldier in His Majesty's service for debt for intoxicating liquor supplied: Provided always that nothing herein con-