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ORDINANCE No. 21 OF 1886 . 2027


Spirit Licences .


24. Every licensed publican or adjunct licensee shall sell and dis Measures.
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pose of his liquors by the measures legalised in this Colony and not
otherwise, except when the quantity is less than half a pint, or except
when the liquor is sold in bottles, and shall also measure such liquor in
the presence of any customer who may require him to do so.

25. If any person be convicted of unlawfully retailing any intoxi Suspected
premises.
cating liquor, the house and premises of such person, and the house , 11 of44. 35.

lodging, shop , or warehouse where such offence shall have been com
mitted, and any court or yard connected therewith, shall be liable to be

searched at any time of the day or night , by any Police officer , with or
without warrant, for six months next after such conviction , provided
that the same or any part thereof shall be occupied by the person so
convicted .

26. Whenever any Police officer shall find any person drinking in Drinking in
unlicensed
any place in which any intoxicating liquor shall be sold or disposed of by place.
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retail , and the licence for such sale shall not on demand be produced to
such Police officer, it shall be lawful for such Police officer to apprehend
all such persons so found drinking there ; and every such person so found
drinking shall, upon conviction before any Magistrate, forfeit and pay for

every such offence a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, unless such

person shall inform against such unlicensed person or voluntarily become
a witness against him, in respect of such act of selling and retailing.

27. No master or other person employing journeymen , workmen , Payment of
workmen.
servants, or labourers, shall pay or cause any payment to be made to any [ 11 of44.37 . ]
such journeyman , workman , or labourer in or at any house in which any
intoxicating liquor is sold by retail .

Wholesale and Grocers' licences . Spirit shops .

28. Every person desirous of obtaining a wholesale or a grocer's Wholesale
and grocers
licence to sell intoxicating liquors shall apply to the Colonial Secretary, licences.
How obtain
who may in his discretion grant to the applicant a licence in the form of ed.

schedule L or M according to the nature of his application , on production
of a receipt from the Treasurer for a fee of one hundred and twenty
dollars . Such licence may be renewed annually on like conditions.

29. It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to Power to
make rules.
time to make, alter, amend and repeal regulations and conditions for the

granting of wholesale and grocer's licences . Such conditions may require