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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

No. S. 479.-The following Bills were read a first time at a meeting of the Council held on the 10th December, 1931 :-

C.SO. 3 in 4299/31

[No. 17 - 27.10.31.—9 j

A BILL

Short title.

Interpreta- tion.

INTITULED

An Ordinance to amend and consolidate the law

relating to intoxicating liquors.

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Liquors Ordinance, 1931.

2. In this Ordinance,

(1) “Adulterated liquor" means any liquor mixed or coloured to the prejudice of the purchaser with any ingredient whatever or with water, either so as to increase its bulk and measure or so as injuriously to affect the quality of such liquor or to conceal its inferior quality, or any liquor which is not virtually of the nature and quality demanded by the purchaser or of the liquor which it is labelled as being purporting to be, whether such adulterated liquor is injurious to health or not. Spirits shall not be considered adulterated if mixed with water only so as not to reduce the strength below twenty-five degrees under proof in the case of brandy, whisky, or rum, or below thirty degrees under proof in the case of gin.

or

(2) "Beer" includes ale, porter, stout, cider, perry, spruce beer, black beer, and any other description of beer, and extends to any liquor which is made or sold as a description of beer or as a substitute for beer, and which on analysis of a sample thereof at any time shall be found to contain more than two per cent. of proof spirit.

(3) "Brewery licence" means a licence to manu- facture and sell beer or Shiu Tsau and Wong Tsau not to be consumed on the premises.

(4) "Chinese restaurant licence" means a licence to Chinese restaurateurs for the retail sale to persons of Chinese race only of intoxicating liquors in con- nexion with a bona fide meal for which a charge of at least thirty cents can be reasonably made, such liquors to be consumed either on the premises or in conjunction with meals sent out, but not otherwise; but does not authorise the keeping of a bar.

(5) "Chinese liquor shop licence" means a licence to sell Chinese type liquors, such liquors not to be consumed on the premises.

(6) "Chinese type liquor" means intoxicating liquor made in the Chinese manner and commonly consumed by the Chinese.

(7) "Dealer's licence" means а licence to seli intoxicating liquors (Chinese type liquors excepted) either wholesale or by the bottle, such liquors not to be consumed on the premises.

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