Intoxicating Liquor (General) Act, 1924

Prohibited hours in clubs.

20.—(1) In order that any club may be eligible to be registered under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904, the rules of the club shall (in addition to the matters mentioned in section 4 of the said Act) provide that no excisable liquor shall be supplied for consumption on the club premises, to or be consumed on the club premises by any person (other than members of the club lodging in the club premises)—

(a) before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening on any day not being a Saturday or Sunday, or

(b) before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning or after the hour of half-past nine o'clock in the evening on any Saturday, or

(c) before the hour of one o'clock in the evening or after the hour of ten o'clock in the evening on any Sunday.

(2) This section shall not apply to any club which at the passing of this Act is registered under the Registration of Clubs (Ireland) Act, 1904, until the expiration of the certificate of registration of such club which shall be in force at the expiration of two months from the passing of this Act.