ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1844.
Licensing Public Houses, &c.
No. 11 of 1844.
An Ordinance for licensing Public Houses, ["and certain games" as amended by Ordinance No. 7 of 1858] and for regulating the retail of fermented, and spirituous liquors in the Colony of Hongkong.
[1st May, 1844.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the licensing of public houses, and promoting good order therein, and for regulating the retail of fermented, and spirituous liquors, and preventing the illicit sale thereof in the Colony of Hongkong. Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice, of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the first day of July, now next ensuing, all licenses to sell spirituous liquors hitherto granted in the Colony of Hongkong, shall be null and void, and that if any person shall, from and after the said first day of July, sell or dispose of by retail in any quantity, less than two gallons, any ale, beer, or other malt liquor, or any wine, cider, ginger beer, spruce beer, brandy, rum, or other fermented or spirituous liquor, in any house, or place, within the Colony of Hongkong, or its dependencies, or shall permit, or suffer, any such liquors, as aforesaid to be sold, or disposed of by retail, as aforesaid by any other person, in his, or her house, or other place, within the said Colony, or its dependencies, without having first obtained a license, in the manner and form hereinafter directed, every such person shall forfeit, for every such first offence, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, and for every subsequent offence a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, in every case to be recovered in a summary manner, as hereinafter provided, and every such person shall further upon conviction of any such offence, be rendered incapable of holding any license to keep a public house, for the period of three years, from the time of such conviction. Provided always, that nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed, or taken to extend, or apply to any person, practising as an apothecary, or druggist, who may administer, or sell any of the liquors before mentioned as medicines, or for medicinal purposes. [Amended by Ordinance No. 4 of 1853.]
2. And be it further enacted, that every license, granted for selling and retailing liquors as aforesaid, under the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be valid for one year, from the granting of the certificate hereinafter mentioned, and no longer. [Amended by Ordinance No. 10 of 1868.]
3. And for the better preventing the granting licenses to unfit or improper persons, be it further enacted, that every person, desirous of obtaining a license for keeping a public house, under the provisions of this Ordinance, or of obtaining the renewal of license before granted, shall ten days before the day, on which his application is to be taken in consideration, deliver to the Chief Magistrate of Police, a notice in writing, of his, or her intention to apply for such license, and that in every such notice, there shall be contained a full description of the house proposed to be licensed, with a statement of the applicant's trade or calling, and situation in life, and whether married,
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[See Ordinance No. 4 of 1853 and No. 10 of 1868.]
Preamble.
Not to extend to apothecaries.
Licenses to be valid for one year.
Forms to be observed by persons applying for licenses.
ORDINANCE No. 11 OF 1844.
Licensing Public Houses, &c.
No. 11 of 1844.
An Ordinance for licensing Public Houses, ["and certain games" as amendel by Ordinance No. 7 of 1858] and for regulating the retail of fermented, and spirituous liquors in the Colony of Hongkong.
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[1st May, 1844.] HEREAS it is expedient to provide for the licensing of public houses, and promoting good order therein, and for regulating the retail of fermented, and spirituous liquors, and preventing the illicit sale thereof in the Colony of Hongkong. Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice, of the Legislative Council thereof, that from and after the first day of July, now next ensuing, all licenses to sell spirituous liquors hitherto granted in the Colony of Hongkong, shall be null and void, and that if any person shall, from and after the said first day of July, sell or dispose of by retail in any quantity, less than two gallons, any ale, beer, or other malt liquor, or any wine, cider, ginger beer, spruce beer, brandy, rum, or other fermented or spirituous liquor, in any house, or place, within the Colony of Hongkong, or its dependencies, or shall permit, or suffer, any such liquors, as aforesaid to be sold, or disposed of by retail, as aforesaid by any other person, in his, or her house, or other place, within the said Colony, or its dependencies, without having first obtained a license, in the manner and form hereinafter directed, every such person shall forfeit, for every such first offence, a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars, and for, every subsequent offence a sum not exceeding four hundred dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, in every case to be recovered in a summary manner, as hereinafter provided, and every such person shall further upon conviction of any such offence, be rendered incapable of holding any license to keep a public house, for the period of three years, from the time of such conviction. Provided always, that nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed, or taken to extend, or apply to any person, practising as an apothecary, or druggist, who may administer, or sell any of the liquors before mentioned as medicines, or for medicinal purposes. [Amended by Ordinance No. 4 of 1853.]
2. And be it further enacted, that every license, granted for selling and retailing liquors as aforesaid, under the provisions of this Ordinance, shall be valid for one year, from the granting of the certificate hereinafter mentioned, and no longer. [Amended by Ordinance No. 10 of 1868.]
3. And for the better preventing the granting licenses to unfit or improper persons, be it further enacted, that every person, desirous of obtaining a license for keeping a public house, under the provisions of this Ordinance, or of obtaining the renewal of license before granted, shall ten days before the day, on which his application is to be taken in consideration, deliver to the Chief Magistrate of Police, a notice in writing, of his, or her intention to apply for such license, and that in every such notice, there shall be contained a full description of the house proposed to be licensed, with a statement of the applicant's trade or calling, and situation in life, and whether married,
Title.
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[See Ordes. No. 4 of 18:3 and. No. 10 of 1868.1
Preamble.
Not to extend to apothecaries.
Licenses to ke
valid for one year.
Forms to be observed by persons applying for licenses.
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