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ORDINANCE No. 21 OF 1886 . 2021


Spirit Licences.


No. 21 of 1886. "

An Ordinance entitled The Spirit Licences Ordinance, 1886 .

[ 11th June, 1886. ]

E it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong , with the advice of the
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Legislative Council thereof, as follows :---

1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Spirit Licences Ordinance, Title.
1886.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context indicates the contrary : Interpreta
tion ofterms.
Adjunct licence shall mean the licence granted under this Ordi
nance to hotel-keepers , restaurateurs , or confectioners , for
the retail sale of intoxicating liquors as an adjunct to their
respective businesses without keeping a public bar.

Adulterated liquor shall mean any liquor mixed or coloured to
the prejudice of the purchaser with any ingredient what
ever, 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 be inju
rious to health or not . Spirits shall not be considered
adulterated if mixed with water only so as not to reduce
the strength more than twenty -five degrees below proof in
the case of brandy, whisky or rum, or more than thirty
degrees below proof in the case of gin.

Chinese spirits shall mean the intoxicating liquors commonly
known as samshu.

Gallon shall mean an imperial gallon , or, if the liquor be in

bottles, six reputed quart bottles, or twelve reputed pint
bottles.

Grocer's licence shall mean a licence to sell intoxicating liquors

by the bottle, such liquors not to be consumed on the

premises .

Intoxicating liquor shall include spirits, malt liquor, and any
wine or other fermented liquor whatever.