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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 3, 1909.

Advertise- ment of application.

Issue of licences.

Duration of licence.

Transfer of licence.

13. The said Licensing Board shall in every case at least one week previously to the acceptance of an application cause advertisemcut 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 Bame or sign of the premises in respect of which a licence is desired.

14. As soon as may be after the acceptance of an application the said Licensing Board 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, the Form No. 10 or the Foru No. 10A in the First Schedule to this Ordinance according to the nature of the licence applied for.

15. 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) teu per cent. shall be added.

Transfer of Publican's and Adjunct Licences. 16. The said Licensing Board may in their discre- tion and subject to payment of the prescribed fee transfer, in respect of the same pre- mises, any publican's or adjunct licence to the nominee of the original holder of such licence, such nomince 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 said Licensing Board upon the licence. The applicant or twenty householders within a radius of quarter of a mile of the pre- mises licensed or to be licensed shall be entitled to appeal to the Governor-in-Council with respect to any decision of such Board under this section.

Provision for case of death

or insol.

vency of

licensee.

Death or Insolvency of Licensee.

17. In case of the death or insolvency of any person holding a publicau's or an adjunct licence under this Ordinance, the executor or adminis- trator or trustee of such licensee may carry on the business of such licensed house until the expiration of the licence, subject in every respect to the same regulations as the original licensee.

Removal of business.

Removal of Business.

18. The said Licensing Board may permit or refuse the business licensed under a publican's licence or au adjunct licence to be removed to other premises subject to payment of the specified fee. A note of the grant of such permission shall be endorsed by the said Licensing Board on the licence. The applicant or twenty house- holders within a radius of quarter of a mile of the premises to which the applicant desires to transfer shall be entitled to appeal to the Governor-in-Council with respect to any decision of such Board under this section."

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