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that the same or any Part thereof shall be occupied by the Party or
Parties so convicted, and all such Liquors as aforesaid as at any Time
within the said Six Months shall be found in any such House,
Lodging, Shop, Courtyard, or Premises, shall and may be seized, and
forthwith removed and disposed of in the manner hereinbefore
directed for the Disposal of such Liquors seized in an unlicensed
House.
Persons Drinking in XXXI. And be it further enacted, That whenever any Justice of
unlicensed houses to
be apprehended . the Peace, or any Chief or other Constable, shall find any Person
drinking in any House, Shop, Storehouse, or other Building, or any
Booth, Shed, or Hut, Tent, Stall, or Place in which or where any Ale,
Beer, Wine, Cider, Ginger-beer, Spruce-beer, Brandy, Rum, or other
Fermented or Spirituous Liquors, shall be sold or disposed of by
Retail, and the License for such Sale shall not on Demand be produced
to such Justice or Constable, it shall and may be lawful for such
Justice of the Peace or Constable to apprehend all such Persons so
found drinking there, and every such Person so found drinking shall,
upon the View of such Justice, or upon Conviction before any Justice
of the Peace, forfeit and pay for every such Offence a Sum not exceed-
ing Twenty Dollars, to be recovered in a Summary Manner, unless such
Person shall inform against such unlicensed Person, or voluntarily
become a Witness against him or her, in respect of such Act of Selling
and Retailing.
Payment of Wages XXXII. And be it further enacted, That any Master or other
where Liquors
sold. are Person employing Journeymen, Workmen, Servants, or Labourers,
who shall pay or cause any Payment to be made to any such
Journeyman, Workman, or Labourer in or at any House in which any
of the Liquors as aforesaid shall be sold by Retail, shall forfeit and
pay for every such Offence a Sum not exceeding Fifty Dollars, to be
recovered in a Summary Manner. And be it enacted, That Fines
Recovery of
and Penalties. Fines and Penalties herein mentioned shall (except where it is otherwise
specially provided ) be recovered before any Magistrate of Police sitting
singly, or any Two or more Justices of the Peace, in the Manner
provided by Ordinance No. 10 of 1844, entitled An Ordinance to regu-
late Summary Proceedings before Justices of the Peace, and to protect
Justices in the Execution of their Duty.
As to Licenses not
completed or issued XXXIII. And be it further enacted, That until the said First
before Commencement Day of July, every License hitherto issued in Hongkong shall be
of this Ordinance.
deemed and taken to have issued, and shall have the same Force and
Effect as any such License issued under this Ordinance ; and all
and every Person, Place, Matter, or Thing, shall, in respect of or in
Relation to every such License, be subject and liable to such and the
like Laws, Rules, Regulations, Provisos, Conditions, Powers, Juris-
dictions, Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties, and Proceedings, as hereinbefore
provided with respect to Licenses issued, and all other Things directed
in respect thereof, and by virtue of this present Ordinance.
HENRY POTTINGER,
Governor, &c. &c.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong,
this 1st day of May, 1844.
RICHARD BURGASS,
Clerk ofthe Legislative Council.