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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 26, 1940.

Supplementary Schedule, contd.

SHORT TITLE.

AMENDMENT OR REPEAL..

113. The Liquors Ordinance, 1931. (No. 36 of 1931), -contd.

ON

(2) Every publican's or adjunct licence shall be valid only until the 30th day of November next following the date which it is granted: Provided that where this period is ten months or less, a pro- portionate part only of the fee shall be charged, to which (except in the case of the transfer of a licence) ten per cent. shall be added.

55. The board shall have the same powers in Transfer,

relation to the transfer and revocation of etc., of

licences. publicans' and adjunct licences and the substitution of other premises for the premises for which such licences are issued as are conferred on officers authorized to grant licences under section 7:

Provided that--

(1) every such transfer Or substitution shall be indorsed by the Accountant- General on the licence;

(2) the intended transferee of any such licence shall make a like application as it applying for a new licence on his own behalf:

(3) there shall be a right of appeal to the Governor in Council from any decision of the board under this section and any twenty householders within a radius of a quarter of a mile from the premises for which a licence was issued or which it is proposed to substitute for such premises shall have a similar right of appeal:

Provided also that in case of the illness or temporary absence of the holder of a publican's or adjunct licence the secretary to the board may in his discretion, on payment of a fee of ten dollars, authorize any person to manage the licensed prem- ises for a period not exceeding three months, and during that period such person shall be deemed to be the licensee of the premises.

56.—(1) In case of the death or insolvency of Provision

the holder of a licence to which this section for case of

death or applies. his executor or administrator or

insolvency trustee may carry on the business on the of licensee. licensed premises until the expiration of the licence, subject in every respect to the same regulations and conditions as the licensee.

(2) This section shall apply to brewery, distillery, publicans', adjunct, dealers', retailers and Chinese restaurant licences.

57. The Accountant-General may, on payment Issue of

of the prescribed fee, in his discretion and temporary on such conditions as he thinks fit, issue licence. to any holder of a publican's or adjunct licence a temporary licence for the retail sale of liquors at any public entertain- ment or on any public occasion.