Revenue Act, 1863

Duty on a victualler's occasional licence.

19. … there shall be charged and paid the following duty; (that is to say,)

For and upon every occasional licence to be granted to any person who shall be duly authorized to keep a common inn, alehouse, or victualling house, and licensed to sell therein beer, spirits, wine, or tobacco, to sell the like articles for which he shall be so licensed at any such other place, and for and during such space or period of time not exceeding six days as shall be specified in such occasional licence, the sum of two shillings and sixpence for every day so specified as aforesaid for which the same shall be granted :

Provided always, that when any person shall have taken out such an occasional licence for six successive days, and shall desire to take out another occasional licence for a time in immediate succession, or only separated by the intervention of Sundays and holidays, then the duty chargeable for every licence after the first, and for any number of days not exceeding six, shall not exceed ten shillings.