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No. 9 of 1911.
LIQUORS CONSOLIDATION.
[Originally No. 9 of 1911. No. 6 of 1913. No. 24 of 1917. No. 6 of 1920. Law Rev. Ord., 1924.]
* Short title.
+ Interpretation.
† No. 9 of 1911.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to intoxicating liquors.
[30th March, 1911.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Liquors Consolidation Ordinance, 1911.
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 or 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.
(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 sell beer not to be consumed on the premises.
(4) "Chinese restaurant licence" means a licence for Chinese restaurateurs for the retail sale to persons of Chinese race only of intoxicating liquors in connexion with a bona fide meal for which a charge of at least thirty cents can be made.
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924. Revenue officers may arrest without warrant in respect of offences against the provisions of this Ordinance. See No. 2 of 1917. The operation of this Ordinance is not limited by the Boarding-house Ordinance, 1917. See No. 23 of 1917, s. 5.
† As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924.
1856
No. 9 of 1911.
LIQUORS CONSOLIDATION.
[Originally
No. 9 of 1911.
No. 6 of 1913. No. 24 of 1917. No. 6 of 1920. Law Rev.
Ord., 1924.]
*
Short titlo.
+
Interpreta- tion.
t
No. 9 of 1911.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to
intoxicating liquors.
[30th March, 1911.]
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Liquors Consolida- tion Ordinance, 1911.
2. In this Ordinance,
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1) " Adulterated liquor' means any liquor mixed or coloured to the prejudice of the purchaser with any ingre- dient 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 or 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.
(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 sell beer not to be consumed on the premises.
licence to
(4) "Chinese restaurant licence" means a Chinese restaurateurs for the retail sale to persons of Chinese race only of intoxicating liquors in connexion with a bond fide meal for which a charge of at least thirty cents can be
* As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1924. Revenue officers may arrest without warrant in respect of offences against the provisions of this Ordinance. See No. 2 of 1917. The operation of this Ordinance is not limited by the Boarding- house Ordinance, 1917. See No. 23 of 1917, s. S.
† As amended by Law Rev, Ord., 1924.
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