INNKEEPERS.
No. 29 of 1912.
No. 29 of 1912.
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An Ordinance for the further relief of innkeepers.
[4th October, 1912.]
[Originally No. 29 of 1912.
Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]
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1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Innkeepers Ordinance, 1912.
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2. In this Ordinance,
Interpretation.
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(a) "Inn" means any hotel, inn or other place of refreshment the keeper of which has now by law a lien on any property deposited with him or left on his premises.
(b) "Innkeeper" means the keeper of any such place and includes a public company.
have a right
his lien.
3. An innkeeper shall, in addition to his ordinary lien, have the right absolutely to sell by public auction any valuable property which may have been deposited with him or left in the inn he keeps or in the premises appurtenant or belonging thereto, where the person depositing or leaving such property shall be or become indebted to the said innkeeper either for any board or lodging or for the keep or expenses of any animal left with such innkeeper or standing at livery in the stables or fields occupied by such innkeeper: Provided however—
(1) that, except in the case of perishable property, no such sale shall be made until after the said property shall have been for the space of six weeks in such charge or custody or in or upon such premises without such debt having been satisfied;
(2) that such innkeeper, after having, out of the proceeds of such sale, paid himself the amount of any such debt together with the costs and expenses of such sale, shall on demand pay to the person depositing or leaving such property the surplus (if any) remaining after such sale;
(3) that the debt for the payment of which a sale is made shall not be any other or greater debt than the debt for which the property could have been retained by the innkeeper under his lien;
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924. See also No. 3 of 1870.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.