No. 231.
Enclo. No. 5.
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Hong Kong.
ORDINANCE No. 36 of 1931. (LIQUORS).
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 36 and 88 of the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, the Governor in Council alters the Forms in the First Schedule and the Fees in the Second Schedule to the said Ordinance as follows:-
1. Condition No. 1 in Form No. 4 in the First Schedule is amended by the substitution of "1 a.m." for "12 o'clock midnight".
2. Condition No. 3 in Form No. 5 in the First Schedule is amended by the addition of the following proviso at the end thereof :-
Provided that the Inspector General of Police in his discretion and where the licensed premises or a portion thereof are reserved for a private party may grant a permit in writing permitting the sale of liquor on the premises or portion so reserved to members of such party up till 1 a.m. on payment of the Official Signatures fee of $5 or beyond that hour on payment of the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule to the Ordinance.
3. Paragraph (b) of Condition No. 2 in Form No. 6 in the First Schedule is rescinded and the following paragraph is substituted:
(b) to persons other than residents up till 1 a.m. but only in a dining room and only in conjunction with a bonâ fide meal for which a charge of at least thirty cents can reasonably be made. Provided that the Inspector General of Police in his discretion and in respect of occasions deemed by him to be "special occasions" may grant permits in writing extending the hour beyond 1 a.m. on payment of the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule to the Ordinance. Of such permits there shall be two classes, that is to say,-Class A, allowing sale to and drinking by the General Public, and Class B, allowing sale to and drinking by members of a class, group, body or institution, exclusively.
4. The Second Schedule to the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, is amended:-
(a) by the deletion in the first column of all the words. and figures commencing "And in addition to the above fees" and ending "Class B permit....
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