D
Amendment
of section 51.
Amendment
of section
42.
Amendment
of section 53.
Addition
of new
section
53A.
Repeal and
Meetings
of the board,
48B. The board shall meet during each of the following months, namely, March, June, September and December, and at such other times as may be necessary for the transaction of licensing business.".
5. Section 51 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- (a) the deletion of the words "publicans licence, restaurant adjunct licence or hotel-keepers adjunct' and the sub- stitution therefor of the following-
"liquor"; and
(b) the deletion from the marginal note of the words "publi- cans and adjunct" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"liquor''.
8. Section 52 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion of the words "in the Gazette and in one local newspaper" and the substitution therefor of the following-
“in such manner as the board may decide".
7. Section 53 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion of the word "householders" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"persons residing".
8. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition after section 53 of the following new section-
"Only one
licence to
53A. No person may be granted more than one be granted liquor licence which is not a club liquor licence under per person. section 66A".
9. Section 53 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and
replacement replaced by the following-
of section
55.
"Isque and
duration of
55. (1) As soon as may be after the granting of licences. an application in respect of premises in any part of the Colony other than the New Territories, but including New Kowloon, the board shall notify the Accountant General thereof, whereupon he shall, on payment of the prescribed fee or such proportion thereof as is provided in subsection (4), issue to the applicant a licence in the prescribed form.
(a) Liquor licences in respect of premises in the New Territories except New Kowloon shall, on pay- ment of the prescribed fee or such proportion thereof as is provided in subsection (4), be issued in such manner as the chairman of the board shall direct.
(3) Liquor licences shall be valid for a period of one year, nine months, six months or three months as the board shall determine commencing from whichever of the following dates, namely, the 1st day of January, the 1st day of April, the 1st day of July or the 1st day of October, next follows the date on which it is granted.
(4) Where any liquor licence is granted for any period other than one year, the fee payable for such licence shall be such proportion of the prescribed fee as the period of validity of such licence bears to a period of twelve months. For the purpose of calcula- ling the fee payable under this subsection, any remain- ing fraction of one dollar shall count as a whole dollar.".
Amendment of section
10. Section 56 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- (a) the deletion of the words "publicans' and adjunct licences 56, and the substitution of other premises for the premises for which such licences are issued" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"liquor licences";
(6) the deletion from paragraph (a) of the first proviso of the
words "or substitution'';
(c) the deletion from paragraph (c) of the first proviso of the word "householders" and the substitution therefor of the following-
'persons residing";
(d) the deletion from paragraph (c) of the first proviso of the words "or which it is proposed to substitute for such premises"; and
(s) the deletion from the second proviso of the words "publicans or adjunct" and the substitution therefor of the following-
"'liquor".