1956-HKRS29-8-23_Part02 — Page 10

Amendment

of section 57.

Amendment

of section 68.

Amendment of section

59.

11. Section 57 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the repeal of subsection (2) and the substitution therefor of the following-

(2) This section shall apply to brewery, distillery, dealers', retailers' and liquor licences.".

+

12. Section 58 of the principal Ordinance is amended by- (a) the deletion of the words "Accountant General' and the

substitution therefor of the following-

"Commissioner of Police"; and

(b) the deletion of the words "publicans or adjunct" and the

substitution therefor of the following-

*'liquor"".

13. Section 59 of the principal Ordinance is amended by the deletion of the first six words and the substitution therefor of the following-

"No person holding a liquor licence".

Addition of 14. The principal Ordinance is amended by the addition new section after section 66 of the following new section-

86A.

Validity of certain existing licences.

"Clubs

required to

68A. (1) No liquor shall be supplied at any be licensed premises habitually used by any club for the purposes for supply of the club to any member of the club except under of liquor to members. and in accordance with a prescribed club liquor licence

issued to the secretury of the club.

(2) If, after the 30th day of September, 1956, any liquor is supplied to a member of the club in contra- vention of the provisions of subsection (1), the secretary of the club shall be deemed to commit an offence against this Ordinance.".

15. (1) Any publican's, restaurant adjunct, hotel-keeper's adjunct, Chinese restaurant or Chinese marine restaurant licence issued under the principal Ordinance and in force at the coming into operation of this Ordinance shall, until the date of expiry thereof, be deemed to be and continue in force, unless revoked, as if it were a liquor licence granted by the appropriate board of licensing justices and issued in accordance with the principal

Ordinance as amended by this Ordinance, but no fee or portion of a fee in respect of any such licence shall be refunded to the holder thereof.

(2) Any publican's, restaurant adjunct or hotel-keeper's adjunct licence issued under the principal Ordinance before the coming into operation of this Ordinance and due to expire on the goth day of November, 1956, shall, unless revoked, continue to be valid after that date until the 31st day of December, 1956, without the payment of any additional fee.

jasue

16. (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the principal Power of Ordinance or regulations made thereunder the chairman of the chairman to appropriate board of licensing justices may, in accordance with licences. the provisions of this section and on payment of the fee specified in subsection (5), grant and issue a liquor licence in respect of any premises in respect of which a Chinese restaurant or Chinese marine restaurant licence issued under the principal Ordinance before the coming into operation of this Ordinance is in force:

Provided that no licence granted under this subsection shall permit a bar to be kept on the premises.

(2) Any licence granted by the chairman of the board under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be granted by the board for the purposes of the principal Ordinance and regulations made thereunder.

(3) Any licence granted by the chairman of the board under subsection (1) shall be in and subject to the conditions contained in the form of liquor licence prescribed under the principal Ordin- ance with such modifications as may appear expedient to him.

(4) Any licence granted by the chairman of the board under subsection (1) shall have effect from the date of issue thereof and shall be valid until whichever of the following dates, namely, the 30th day of June, 1956, the 30th day of September, 1956, the 31st day of December, 1956, the 31st day of March, 1957, or the 30th day of June, 1957, the chairman of the board shall determine.

(5) The fee payable for any licence granted by the chairman of the board under subsection (1) shall be such proportion of the appropriate fee prescribed under the principal Ordinance for a liquor licence as the period of validity of such licence bears to a period of three hundred and sixty-five days. For the purpose of calculating the fee payable under this subsection, any remaining fraction of one dollar shall count as a whole dollar.