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12. No person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease shall be allowed in any eating-house or restaurant.
13. No person shall spit in any eating-house or restaurant except into spittoons provided for the purpose.
14. The licensee of any eating-house or restaurant shall cause to be continuously displayed, in a conspicuous position on every floor of his licensed premises, while such premises are open to the public, a notice or notices of a size and form approved by the Council and in a language prescribed by the Council requiring his customers not to spit on the floor: Provided that the Council may, in its discretion, exempt in writing any premises from the above requirement as to display of notice, and revoke in writing any such exemption.
15. The licensee of any eating-house or restaurant shall cause any phlegm, spittle or saliva found on the floor of his premises to be promptly swept up and removed; and, in the event of his providing one or more spittoons, shall cause a sufficient quantity of a disinfectant fluid to be kept continuously in such spittoons while in use, and shall thoroughly cleanse them daily at the close of business.
16.-(1) All food shall be stored or kept in a clean manner and duly protected from flies and dust.
(2) All receptacles used for the storage of food shall be made of, or lined with, impervious material, and shall have insect-proof lids or covers.
17. The licensee shall not permit disorderly conduct on his premises, or suffer unlawful games or gaming therein, or permit or suffer any prostitute to frequent such premises or to remain therein.
18. No intoxicating liquor shall be sold, served or consumed in any eating-house, nor any opium smoked in any eating-house or restaurant.
19. Eating-houses shall be closed between midnight and 6 a.m. and no meals or refreshments shall be supplied during that period to any person not resident therein.
20. Every eating-house and restaurant shall, during the hours at which the business thereof is carried on. be open to inspection by any member of the Council, Food Officer or officer of the Sanitary Department.
21.-(1) Every licensee, and every person desirous of obtaining a licence to use as a restaurant or eating-house premises which include the upper floors, or any portion thereof, of any building, shall give or cause to be given to the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade, or to any officer of the Fire Brigade deputed by him, all reasonable facilities to inspect, from time to time during the hours between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., such premises with a view to ascertaining the precautions taken and available against fire, and the suitability of such premises for use as a restaurant or eating-house touching matters with which the Fire Brigade is concerned, and reporting thereon to the Council.
(2) Every licensee, and person aforesaid, shall comply with the requirements considered and notified by the Council to be necessary as regards precautions and steps to be taken to prevent or mitigate danger or accident from fire, if a licence in respect of such premises is to be continued or granted, as the case may be.
22. Every restaurant and eating-house shall have an ample supply of good potable water, and, except with the special permission of the Council, the water shall be laid on to the premises from the public water mains.
23. These by-laws shall not apply to any naval, military or air force canteen.