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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, MARCH 31, 1911.
Mode of election of Licensing Justices.
Mode of deciding application.
Application for public-
an's or ad- junet liceuce.
Decision of Licensing Board subject to appeal to Governor- in-Council.
Applications refused not
to be renew
ed within twelve months.
three years. Five Justices shall be a quorum. The First Clerk in the Magistracy at Hongkong shall be ex-officio Secretary to the Board.
(2.) If any Licensing Justice appointed by the Governor shall die or be absent from the Colony or resign his seat the Governor may appoint another Justice to be a Member of the Board in the place of such Licensing Justice. Such Justice shall cease to be a Member of the Board if the absent Member in whose place he was appointed shall return to the Colony,
(3.) If an elected Justice shall die, or be absent from the Colony for a space of six months or resign his seat the vacancy shall be filled either substantively or ad interim, as the case may be, by election in the manner hereinafter provided.
10. The mode of election of the Licensing Justices not appointed by the Governor, the proceedings incident thereto, and other matters relating to the election of the said Licensing Justices, shall be governed by rules made by the Governor-in-Council, who may from time to time add to, vary or revoke any of the said rules.
11. All questions arising at any meeting of the Board shall be determined by a majority of votes of the Justices present, In the case of an equality of votes the Chairman Shall have a second or casting vote.
12. Every person desirous of obtaining a publican's or an adjunct licence shall make application in writing to such Licensing Board in the Form No. 2 or the Form No. 3 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance according to the nature of the licence required. Such application shall state the name and address of the applicant, his nationality, the period or periods, if any, during which he has pre- viously held a licence, and the address and the proposed name or sign of the premises in respect of which à licence is desired.
13. The said Licensing Board may refuse such appli- cation or they may accept it absolutely or subject to con- ditions. The applicant or twenty householders within a radius of quarter of a mile of the premises licensed or to be licensed shall be entitled to appeal to the Governor-in- Council with respect to any decision of such Board under this section.
14. In the event of the refusal of an application by the Licensing Board the applicant shall not be entitled to make another application in respect of the same premises within a period of twelve months from the original appli-
cation.
15. The said Licensing Board shall in every case at Advertise- ment of least one week previous to the acceptance of an applica- application. tion cause advertisement to be made in the Gazette and in one local newspaper at the expense of the applicant setting forth the name and address of the applicant and the proposed name or sign of the premises iù respect of which a licence is desired.
Issue of
fees.
10. As soon as may be after the acceptance of an ap- licences and plication the said Licensing Board shall notify the Colo- nial Treasurer thereof: whereupon the Colonial Treasurer shall, upon payment of the fee specified in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance, issue to the applicant a licence in the Form No. 4, the Form No. 5 or Form No. 6 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance according to the nature of the licence applied for.
Duration of licence.
17. Every publican's or adjunct licence shall be valid only until the thirtieth day of November next following the date on which it is granted: Provided always that where this period is less than a year, a proportionate part only of the aforesaid fee shall be charged, to which (except in the case of the transfer of a licence) ten per cent. shall be added.
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