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Treasurer. The Colonial Secretary may permit the transfer of any such licence in form of schedule 0.

Eating houses.

31. No person, unless licensed to retail intoxicating liquors or Chinese spirits under this ordinance, shall keep an eating house, refreshment bar or saloon, restauraut, 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.

32. No person licensed under the preceding section shall knowingly or wilfully permit drunkenness or other disorderly 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 each 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 band to empower any officer of Police to enter such building or vessel at any hour of the night or day, using force 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 may appear to have committed or to be attempting 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.

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 all intoxicating liquors, stills, or parts thereof with respect to which apy offence against this ordinance may have been com- mitted, 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.

35. Offences against this ordinance shall be considered to be :-

Fating Hou305.

Disorder in eating bou CE. 12 & 3 Vic c. 17. s. 44.j

Fines and forfeitur

Offences ¿cined.

(1.) Refusal, neglect, or omission to do any act commanded by this ordinance.

(2.) Refusal to permit, or obstruction of any such act. (3.) The doing of any act forbidden by this ordinance.

(4.) On the part of a licensed publican, adjunct licensee, or keeper of a spirit shop,

any breach of the terms of his licence or recoguisance.

36. On the conviction of any licensed person for a second offence against this ordi- nance the Magistrate may order his licence to be forfeited, in addition to any other penalties hereinhefore provided.

37. All penalties for offences against this ordinance may be recovered in a summary way before a Magistrate, but proceedings for the recovery of such penalties shall be com- menced within six months after the offence was committed.

38. One-half or a less portion of any fine levied under this ordinance may be paid to the informer.

Forfeiture of liccace [See. Il of 44.

30.

Recovery o penalties.

Awards to informers. (11 of 44 32.)