81
Removal of Business,
20. The said Licensing Board may refuse to allow Removal of the business licensed under a publican's licence or an ad- business. junct licence to be removed to other premises or they may permit such removal subject to the payment of the fee specified in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance. A note of the grant of such permission shall be endorsed by the Colonial Treasurer on the licence. The applicant or twenty householders within a radius of quarter of a mile of the premises to which the applicant desires to transfer shall be entitled to appeal to the Governor-in-Council with respect to any decision of such Board under this section.
C
Regulation of Business.
21. Every licensed publican or adjunct licensee shall affixing of have his full name painted in legible letters at least three sign by nches long, with the words "Licensed to retail intoxica- licensee, &c. ting liquors" constantly and permanently remaining, and plainly to be seen and read, on some conspicuous part of his house; and no person not actually holding a publi- can's licence or adjunct licence (except the keeper of a Chinese wine and spirit shop or the holder of a Chinese restaurant licence as hereinafter provided) shall keep up any sign, writing, painting, or other niark 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. The business of every licensed publican or adjunct Regulations licensee shall be carried on subject to the following relating to regulations :-
(1.) No liquor shall be sold or drunk upon any li- censed premises except between the hours of eight o'clock in the morning and twelve o'clock midnight. Provided that the Gov- ernor-in-Council may by Order from time to time alter such hours as aforesaid;
(2.) No disorder shall be permitted on the pre-
mises;
(3.) No person shall be allowed to become drunk on the premises, nor shall liquor be supplied to any person who is drunk;
(4.) No game of chance shall be played on the
premises;
(5.) A decent and suitable privy and urinal shall be maintained in a state of cleanliness and good repair for the use of customers; (6.) The licensee shall not abandon the occupation of his house or permit any other person to become virtually the keeper thereof; (7.) 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; (8.) The licensee shall not employ any barmaid in
his licensed premises ;
(9.) The standard of quality of spirits as fixed by the Governor-in-Council shall be declared on the label of each bottle.
It shall be lawful for the Governor-in-Council from time to time to add to, alter, amend or repeal the regula- tions contained in this section.
business.
23. No licensed publican or adjunct licensee shall Restriction maintain any action for, or recover any debt or demand on of right of account of, intoxicating liquor, unless such debt has bona action for fide been contracted at one time to the amount of five liquor sold. dollars or upwards, nor shall any item in any account for such liquor be allowed where the liquor bonâ 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 iquor supplied: Provided always that nothing herein