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Sale of Intoxicating Liquors.
liquor with- out licence.
6. (1.) No person shall sell or dispose of, or advertise Prohibition or expose for sale, ang intoxicating liquor, either by of sale of wholesale or retail, within the Colony, or shall permit or suffer any such intoxicating liquor to be sold or disposed of, or advertised or exposed for sale, in his house or other place within the Colony, without the appropriate licence under this Ordinance.
(2.) The delivery of any intoxicating liquor shall be taken, in any proceeding under this Ordinance, to be prima facie evidence of sale and that money or other consideration was given for the same.
(3.) No person shall for and on behalf of any other person or persons who are not licensed to deal in or sell intoxicating liquor within the Colony accept or receive orders for, or import on commission or act as agent for the import of any intoxicating liquor into the Colony in quantities exceeding two gallons at one time without an appropriate licence under this Ordinance under which the licensee is permitted to sell such liquor as a dealer.
sale of liquor.
7. The holder of a Chinese wine and spirit shop licence Wholesale may also sell Chinese wines and spirits wholesale; but no and retail person shall sell intoxicating liquors by retail without a licence to that effect, and this section shall apply to all retail sales of liquor to any person on pretence that he is a customer for other goods, as well as to all sales of quantities exceeding two gallons with an understanding that part is to be returned, and generally to any act whatever which, under whatever pretence, constitutes a retail sale of intoxi- cating liquor.
Temporary Licences.
licence.
8. The Colonial Treasurer way at any time issue to any Issue of holder of a publican's or adjunct licence a temporary temporary licence for the sale of liquors at any public entertainment or on any public occasion, on payment of such fee, in cach case, as to the Governor may secm fit.
Pablican's, Restaurant Adjunct Licences and Hotel Keeper's Adjunct Licences.
9.- (1.) All applications for the granting or transfer of Application licences shall be made to a Board of Licensing Justices, for licences Such Board shall consist of a Chairman and Vice-Chair- to be made
to Licensing man appointed by the Governor and of five other Justices Board. two of whom shall be appointed by the Governor and three be elected by the Justices of the Peace from among their number. Of the four Justices appointed by the Gov- ernor two shall be official and two shall be un-official Jus- tices. The Members of the Board shall hold office for three years. Five Justices shall be a quorum. The First Clerk in the Magistracy at Hongkong shall be ex-officio Secretary to the Board.
(2.) If any Licensing Justice appointed by the Governor shall die or be absent from the Colony or resign his seat the Governor may appoint another Justice to be a Member of the Board in the place of such Licensing Justice. Such Justice shall case to be a Member of the Board if the Member in whose place he was appointed shall return to to the Colony.
(8.) If an elected Justice shall die or be absent from the Colony or resign his seat the vacancy may be filled either substantially or ad interim, as the case may be, by election in the manner hereinafter provided.
10. The mode of election of the Licensing Justices not Mode of appointed by the Governor, the proceedings incident election of thereto, and other matters relating to the election of the Licensing said Licensing Justices, shall be governed by rules made by the Governor-in-Council, who may from time to time add to, vary or revoke any of the said rules.
Justices.
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