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62 1924

INTOXICATING LIQUOR (GENERAL) ACT, 1924

PART I.

PROHIBITED HOURS.

Extension of prohibited hours.

1. —(1) From and after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person to sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor or to open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor on any day not being a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or St. Patrick's Day before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning or after the hour of 10 o'clock in the evening, or on any day being Saturday before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning or after the hour of half-past nine in the evening.

This sub-section shall not apply to any licensed person who is the owner or lessee of a theatre, music hall or other place of public amusement.

(2) Where any business other than the sale of intoxicating liquors is carried on in any licensed premises the whole of such premises shall be closed during the hours in which the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by this section, unless the portion of such premises in which such sale is carried on is structurally separated from the remainder thereof.

(3) From and after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person to sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor or to open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor on Christmas Day, Good Friday or St. Patrick's Day. This sub-section shall apply to hotels with the modification that it shall not operate to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquor to a lodger in the hotel at and for consumption with a meal.

(4) From and after the passing of this Act no person shall be admitted to any theatre, music hall or other place of amusement licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor after the hour of half-past nine in the evening unless either—

(a) he has previously engaged or paid for a seat in that theatre, music hall, or place of public amusement for the performance or entertainment then in progress; or

(b) he is employed in that theatre, music hall, or place of public amusement or has business with a person so employed.

(5) From and after the passing of this Act the fact that a person is a bona fide traveller within the meaning of the Licensing (Ireland) Acts, 1833 to 1905 shall not entitle him to purchase or be supplied with intoxicating liquor—

(a) between the hours of seven o'clock in the morning and one o'clock in the afternoon on any Sunday, or

(b) at any time on Christmas Day or Good Friday.

(6) Nothing in this section shall vary or impair the rights enjoyed by the holders of licences for hotels and restaurants within the Dublin Metropolitan Police district under the Hotels, and Restaurants (Dublin) Act, 1910.

Amendment to Section 29 of Licensing Act (Ireland), 1874.

2. —Section 29 of the Licensing Act (Ireland), 1874, shall be construed and have effect as if the words “in any part of such house other than the part in which such sale usually takes place” were added at the end of that section.

Early closing licences.

3. —(1) Section 2 of the Licensing Act (Ireland), 1874, shall from and after the passing of this Act be construed and have effect as if the principal Act referred to therein were this Act.

(2) The holder of an early closing licence within the meaning of section 2 of the Licensing Act (Ireland), 1874, (whether such licence was granted before or after the passing of this Act), shall close the premises to which such licence relates at night one hour earlier than the ordinary hour after which the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by this Act, and the provisions of this Act shall apply to such premises as if such earlier hour were the hour after which the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by this Act.

District Justice may order immediate closing of licensed premises.

4. —Whenever a Justice of the District Court sitting for any district outside the Police District of Dublin Metropolis is satisfied on the written application of a Superintendent or an Inspector of the Gárda Síochána that in the interests of the preservation of public peace and order it is expedient that the sale of intoxicating liquor in any town or village should immediately cease, the Justice of the District Court may order the immediate closing for the remainder of that day, or for such shorter period as he may deem adequate, of all premises licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor in such town or village.

Penalties for opening during prohibited hours.

5. —All penalties for the time being in force under this or any other Act for selling, exposing for sale or purchasing any intoxicating liquor or opening or keeping open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor, or being present in or upon any such premises, during any hours or times at which the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by any Act now in force, and all statutory provisions relating to such penalties, are hereby extended and made applicable to the times during which the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by this Part of this Act or by any order made under this Part of this Act.

Exceptions from application of Act.

6. —Nothing in this Part of this Act shall be construed to apply to sales of intoxicating liquor to lodgers, or to the sale of intoxicating liquor in packet boats, or in canteens in pursuance of any Act regulating the same, or in a registered club as defined by the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904, or shall preclude the sale at any time at a railway station of intoxicating liquor on arrival or departure of trains to passengers who have travelled or hold tickets entitling them to travel on those trains for a distance of not less than ten miles to or from such railway station, or (save as otherwise expressly provided) the sale of intoxicating liquor to bona fide travellers within the meaning of the Licensing (Ireland) Acts, 1833 to 1905.