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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, AUGUST 13, 1909.

Short title and con- struction.

Application for public- an's or ad- junet licence,

Decision of Captain

Superintend-

dent of Police subject to appeal to Governor.

Advertise.

ment of application.

Issue of licences,

Duration of licence.

Transfer of licence.

A BILL

ENTITLED

An Ordinance to amend the Liquor Licences Ordinance, 1898, and the Liquor Licences Extension Ordinance, 1908, and to repeal the Liquor Licences Amendment Ordinance, 1902.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Liquor Licences Amendment Ordinance, 1909, and it shall be read and construed as one with the Liquor Licences Ordinance, 1898, hereinafter referred to as the Principal Ordinance, and with the Liquor Licences Extension Ordinance, 1908, and this Ordinance and the said Ordinances may hereafter be cited together as the Liquor Licences Ordinances, 1898- 1909.

Publican's and Adjunct Licences.

2. Sections 9 to 18 inclusive of the Liquor Licences Ordinance 1898 are hereby repealed and the following sections numbered 9 to 16 are substituted therefor :—

9. Every person desirous of obtaining a publican's or an adjunct licence shall make application in writing to the Captain Superintendent of Police. Such application shall state the name and address of the applicant, his nationality, the period or periods, if any, during which he has previously held a licence, and the address and the proposed name or sign of the premises in respect of which a licence is desired. 10. The Captain Superintendent of Police may refuse such application or he may accept it absolutely or subject to conditions. Any such refusal or conditional acceptance shall be subject to appeal to the Governor-in-Council.

11. The Captain Superintendent of Police shall in every case at least one week previously to the acceptance of an application cause advertise- ment to be made in the Gazette at the expense of the applicant setting forth the name and address of the applicant and the address and the proposed name or sign of the premises in respect of which a licence is desired.

12. As soon as may be after the acceptance of an application the Captain Superintendent of Police shall notify the Colonial Treasurer thereof; whereupon the Colonial Treasurer shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the applicant a licence in the Form No. 9 or the Form No. 10 in the First Schedule to this Ordinance according to the nature of the licence applied for.

13. Every publican's or adjunct licence shall be valid only until the thirtieth day of November next following the date on which it is granted: Provided always that, where this period is less than a year, a proportionate part only of the aforesaid fee shall be charged, to which (except in the case of the transfer of a licence) ten per cent. shall be added.

Transfer of Publivan's and Adjunct Licences. 14. The Captain Superintendent of Police may in his discretion and subject to payment of the pre- scribed fee transfer, in respect of the same premises, any publican's or adjunct licence to the nominee of the original holder of such licence, such nominee making a like applica- tion as if applying for a licence on his own behalf. A note of such transfer shall be endorsed by the Captain Superintendent of Police upon the licence. Any decision of the Captain Superintendent of Police under this section shall be subject to appeal to the Governor-in-Council.

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