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[No. 35-8.9.34.-2.]

An Ordinance to amend the Liquors Ordinance, 1931.

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 Amend- Short title. ment Ordinance, 1934.

2. Section 2 of the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, is amended Amendment by the addition of the following paragraph numbered (8A) of Ordinance immediately after paragraph (8) thereof:

(SA) "Distillery licence" means a licence authorising the person named therein to use one or more stills on the premises named therein for the purpose of making, distilling or rectify- ing spirits, and to sell such spirits.

No. 36 of 1931, s. 2.

3. Section 9 of the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, is amended Amendment by the addition of the following sub-section at the end of Ordinance thereof :-

(8) The Board shall meet annually in November and at such other times as may be necessary for the transaction of licensing business.

No. 36 of 1931, s. 9.

of Ordinance

4. Section 15 of the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, is amended Amendment by the insertion of the words "address and" immediately be- No. 36 of fore the word "proposed" in the sixth line thereof.

1931, s. 15.

5. Section 18 of the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, is repealed Substitution and the following section substituted.

for Ordinance No. 36 of

18. (1) The Board may, in their discretion and subject 1931, s. 18. to the payment of the fee specified in the Second Schedule, on good cause shewn direct the transfer, in respect of the same premises, of any publican's or adjunct licence to some other person, such person making a like application as if applying for a new licence on his own behalf. A note of any such transfer shall be endorsed by the Treasurer upon the licence.

(2) The Board may, in their discretion and on its being proved to their satisfaction that the holder of any publican's or adjunct licence has committed a breach of any term or con- dition of his licence, and whether such holder has been con- victed of such breach or not, direct the cancellation of such licence.

(3) An applicant for a transfer under sub-section (1) and a licensee whose licence is directed to be cancelled under sub-section (2) or, in either case, twenty householders resid- ing within a radius of a quarter of a mile from the licensed premises concerned shall be entitled to appeal to the Governor in Council in respect of any decision of the Board under this

section.

6. Section 61 of the Liquors Ordinance, 1931, is amended Amendment by the insertion of the words "Save as provided by section 4” at the beginning thereof.

of Ordinance No. 36 of 1931, s. 61.