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"""' A.D.

1913.]

SPlRlTS [No.

3.

177 8.
177 8.

Every person who keeps, uses or has a still in his possession without bei ng duly licensed under this Ordinance, or who being so licensed keeps, uses or has in his possession a still at an y premises other than those n amed in the licence, or who uses a still for any other purpose than that specified in such licence, shall on su mmary conviction thereof be liable to a penalty not exceeding :five hundred dollars or to imprisonment with or without h ard labour for any period not exceeding six months.
Offences.

9.- The Chief Commissary may at any time with the approval of t he Governor-in-Council cancel a licence gr anted under this Ordinance.

Power to cancel licence.

10.


This Ordinance shall not apply to licences for distilling spirits or to stills kept or used for the purpose of distilling spirits: P rovided that it shall not be a good defence to any charge for an offence against this Ordinance for the defendant to prove that h e kept or used or had in his p ossession a still fo r the purposes of dis tilling spirits, unless h e is a duly licensed distiller under the Spirits Ordinance, 1905.

Ordinance not to apply to distiller or spil"its.


11.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Stills Ordinance, 1911, and sh all come into force on the :first day of J anuary, 1912.

Short title.

ORDINANCE No.

3 OF 1913.

AN ORDINANCE to amend the Wine, etc.

Licences Ordi- A.n.

1913 -+-- nance, 1868.

• [29th March, 1913.

J BE it enaeted by the Governor of British Guiana, with the advice and conse,nt of the Court of Policy thereof , as follows: - 1.
Section twenty-four of the Wine, etc., Licences Ordinance, 1868, is hereby repealed and the following section shall be insert ed in t he said Ordinance in lieu t hereof : - " 24.

Retail Spirit Shop Licen ces sball be paid in advance on or before the thirty-first day of March in each year."

2.
2.

In sub-section (1) of section twenty-seven of the said Ordi n anoe the words " of the amount payable for the same within ten days after the intimation of the decision of the E xcise Board as aforesaid " shall be inserted in lieu of t hf, words " of one monthly instalment of the amount payable for the same, and execu ting a bond before a Stipendiary Magistrate as hereinafter provided."

Repeal or Section 24, Ordinance 8 of 1868 and new section enacted.

Payment Retail Spirit Shop Licence.


Amendment of Section 27, Ordinance 8 of 1868.

3.

Section twen ty-nine of the said Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following sect.ion shall be inserted in the said Ordinance in lieu thereof : - " 29.

On payment of the amount for such lioence the Chief Com missary shall issue t (!

the applicant a licence in the form No .

9 oon tained in the Schedule of the said Ordinance."

VOL.

V-12 Repeal of Section 29, Ordinance 8 o/ 1868, and new section enacted.
Issue or licence.

178 No.

3 .]

TJJF: LA.

WS OF BRl1'ISH GUIA.NA : [A.D. 1913 .

Amendment or Section 33, Ordinnnce S of 1808.

4.


The p roviso coutai11ed at the encl of sub-sedion (2) o f section thiriy -t l1ree of lh e said Ordinance is here Ly r epealed aud the f'o1low ing words ;;hall be i n;;crt,ed iii the said s ub-sedio u iu lieu ther eof :- " The exibtiug licenC<: shall be transferred by endorsement there on by the Chief Con1missary and th~ d ate of the said endorse m en t shall for all purposes be deemed to be, !,he date of the transfer. "

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5.
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5.

In section thirly-four t he follow ing ~hall be added as a third sub-section :- " (3) On the sale ai; Exe.cutiou by the R egis trar of t.he righ t, title, and i11 terest in and.
to any R etail Spirit, Shop Licence, the purchaser of the same sh all be entitled to l1ave th e said licence transfe!Ted to his name on production to tl1e Chief Commissary of a Certificat.e fr om the Registrar of such purchase and of the full of the purchase money: Provided however payment i11 tha t the Ex cise Board m ay refuse to approve of the said trans fer if n ot sat isfied with t,he cha,racter and circu1nstances of such purchaser."

6.

Section ei!!
6.

Section ei!!

:hty-one of the said Ordinance is hereby amended as follows: - The followi n g wor d s "or a hotel or tavern " sh all be added after ihe words " retail spirit Rhop " i11 the seron cl li11 e of sub-sec tion (1) of the said secLion.

7.
7.

Vvhen more than one application for a r etail spirit licence, for the same locality is considered by the Justices, it shall be lawful for the E xcise Board or au y person aut-hor ized by such Board in writing to put, up t he licence for sale at public auction or by tender by notice in 1'he Grizettc an d 011,e Jocal newspaper for two successive Saturdays at such t ime and place and to s1i"ch of the applicants as the l3oarcl may determine.

8.
8.

The sections of t h e, said Ordinance mentioned in t he Schedule fo this Ordinance are hereby r,epealed to the l'xtent specified in the second column of tba(· Schedule.

9.

This Ordi 11ai1ce may bP cited as the W in e, etc., Licences Ordi nance, 1868, Amen clmc11t Ordinance , 191.3, fl.ncl shall be construP<l as onl' with tl1e "\Vine, etc ., Licences Ordinance , 1868.

Purchnsc or lfrcn cr at <.'XN.

'1lti011 snlc.

Amendment of Section SL, Oi:rti nnnr.e 8 or lRUS.


Snlc n,I, T>llhlic auction of lice11cC'.

llepcnl.

Short title.

TH E SCHEDULE.

REPEAL.

Section of Ordinance repealed - --:---- - -- .Extent of Hepea I. S. 14 .. .

S. 27 .. .

f-.

28 .. .

S. 30 .. .

s. 34 .. .

S. 48 .. .

S. 49A s. 76 .. .

S. 87 .. .

The words" except r um " iu the la~t line of snh-scetion (2).

The whole of snb-se<:tion, (2), (3) and (4) .

The whole.

The whole.

'.l'he whole of sub-soctiou (2).

The whole.

'J'hc whole.


The whole.

Tho whole of sub-section (4).