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860 [21 OF 1886. ] SPIRIT LICENCES .


Eating houses.
Fating 31. No person , unless licensed to retail intoxicating liquors
houses.
or Chinese spirits under this ordinance, shall keep an eating
house, coffee house, refreshment bar or saloon , restaurant, or
other place where meals or refreshments are supplied to persons
not resident on the premises, without a licence from the Colonial
Secretary, for which licence a fee of ten dollars a year shall be
payable in advance. Such conditions as the Governor in
Council may determine may be added to any licence granted
under this section . 1




Disorder in
eating houses. 32. No person licensed under the preceding section shall
(2
[ & 3 Vic.es knowingly or wilfully permit drunkenness or other disorderly
47, s . 44. ) conduct in his house or other place of entertainment, or
knowingly suffer any unlawful games or gaming therein, or
knowingly permit or suffer any public prostitute to frequent
such house or other place or to remain therein .
Police inspection . Search.
33. When information upon oath shall be laid before any
Magistrate to the effect that any illicit distillation or rectification
or illegal sale of intoxicating liquors is carried on within any
building or on board of any vessel in the Colony, it shall be
lawful for such Magistrate by a warrant under his hand to
empower any officer of Police to enter such building or vessel
at any hour of the night or day, using force for that purpose if
necessary, and to make search for any stills, parts of stills, or
intoxicating liquors which may be found there, and to arrest
any persons who inay appear to have committed or to be attempt
ing to commit any offence against this ordinance.
Every person licensed under this ordinance shall produce his
licence to any Police officer on being required thereto.
Any officer of Police shall have free access to every part of
any house licensed under section 13 or 31 of this ordinance at
any hour of the night or day .
Penalties and their recovery.
Fines and
forfeitures.
34. For every offence against this ordinance not otherwise
provided for, there shall be payable for a first offence a fine not
exceeding three hundred dollars, and for a second offence a fine
not exceeding six hundred dollars. And allintoxicating liquors,
stills, or parts thereof with respect to which any offence against
this ordinance may have been committed , as well as the vessels
or packages which contain them , may be forfeited , as also any
boat or vessel of less than fifteen tons burden in which such
intoxicating liquors or stills or parts of stills may be found.