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Hours of closing premises licensed for sale of intoxicating liquors.
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3. All premises in which intoxicating liquors are sold by retail shall be closed as follows; (that is to say),
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(1.) If situate within the metropolitan district—
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(a.) On Saturday night from midnight until one o’clock in the afternoon on the following Sunday; and
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(b.) On Sunday night from eleven o’clock until five o’clock on the following morning; and
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(c.) On all other days from half an hour after midnight until five o’clock on the same morning; and
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(2.) If situate beyond the metropolitan district and in the metropolitan police district or in a town or in a populous place as defined by this Act,—
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(a.) On Saturday night from eleven o’clock until half an hour after noon on the following Sunday; and
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(b.) On Sunday night from ten o’clock until six o’clock on the following morning; and
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(c.) On the nights of all other days from eleven o’clock until six o’clock on the following morning; and
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(3.) If situate elsewhere than in the metropolitan district or the metropolitan police district or such town or populous place as aforesaid,—
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(a.) On Saturday night from ten o’clock until half an hour after noon on the following Sunday; and
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(b.) On Sunday night from ten o’clock until six o’clock on the following morning; and
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(c.) On the nights of all other days from ten o’clock until six o’clock on the following morning.
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Such premises wherever situate shall, save as herein-after mentioned, be closed on Sunday afternoon from three or half-past two according as the hour of opening shall be one o’clock in the afternoon or half an hour after noon until six o’clock.
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Such premises wherever situate shall be closed on Christmas Day and Good Friday and on the days preceding Christmas Day and Good Friday respectively, as if Christmas Day and Good Friday were respectively Sunday, and the preceding days were respectively Saturday, but this provision shall not alter the hours during which such premises shall be closed on Sunday when Christmas Day immediately precedes or succeeds Sunday.
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