D. 1898.]
LIQUOR LICENCES.
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ulate the times of commencement and expiry of such licences, the terms and conditions of sale, and all other matters connected with such licences.
(3) All such regulations, when published in The Gazette, shall have the force of law.
Issue and transfer of Chinese Wine and Spirit Shop Licences.
30.(1.) The Colonial Secretary may grant a licence, in the Form No. 14 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, to any person to sell Chinese wines and spirits, by retail and wholesale, such Chinese wines and spirits not to be consumed on the premises where they are sold.
(2) The holder of any such licence shall exhibit conspicuously and permanently in front of his licensed place of business his name and number and the nature of such licence, on a sign, the size and design of which shall be approved by the Captain Superintendent of Police.
(3) The fee for such licence shall be that specified in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance, and shall be paid to the Colonial Treasurer.
(4) The Colonial Secretary may permit the transfer of any such licence, in the Form No. 15 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance.
Chinese Restaurant Licences.
31.(1.) Where the keeper of any Chinese hotel or restaurant or eating-house, or other place where meals or food are or is supplied to persons not resident on the premises, is desirous of supplying intoxicating liquor to customers with their meals, such keeper may apply to the Colonial Secretary for a Chinese restaurant licence.
(2) Such application shall be referred to the Registrar General and Captain Superintendent of Police for report, and, on receipt of such report, the Colonial Secretary may, in his discretion, grant a licence, in the Form No. 16 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance, or refuse the same.
(3) The fee for such licence shall be according to the scale set forth in the Second Schedule to this Ordinance, and shall be paid to the Colonial Treasurer before the issue of the licence.
(4.) The holder of such licence shall exhibit conspicuously and permanently in front of his licensed place of business his name and the number and nature of such licence, on a sign, the size and design of which shall be approved by the Captain Superintendent of Police.
(5) Sub-sections (2.), (3.), (4.), (5.), and (6.) of section 20 shall apply to the business carried on under a Chinese restaurant licence, and no liquor shall be sold to, or be drunk on the premises by, other persons than those of Chinese race between the hours of midnight and six o'clock in the morning.