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Provision for payment of licence duty in two instalments.
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6.—(1) Where the duty payable by any person under Part II. of the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, on any licence for the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor amounts to the sum of twenty pounds or upwards, the licence may, at the option of the licence holder, be granted upon payment of one-half only of the duty so payable, and in that case the other half of the duty shall be paid immediately after the expiration of six months from the commencement of the year for which the licence was granted, or, in case the licence is granted after the month of September, on the first day of February next ensuing, and, if default is made in payment of the second half of the duty, the licence shall be deemed to be of no effect so long as the default continues.
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(2) Any amount remaining unpaid in any case in respect of the second half of the duty may be recovered either as a debt due to the Crown or by distress on the licensed premises in the same manner as unpaid duty payable in respect of purchases of intoxicating liquor in a club may be recovered by distress on the club premises, and subsection (3) of section forty-eight of the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, shall, so far as applicable, apply accordingly with the substitution of the licensed premises for the club, and of the holder of the licence for the secretary of the club.
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(3) The power of recovering the second half of duty under this section shall apply to the recovery of the unpaid portion of duty in cases where a licence for the manufacture or sale of intoxicating liquor has been granted before the passing of this Act on payment of a portion of the duty only, except that in cases where the licence has been so granted under subsection (3) of section forty-nine of the Finance (1909–10) Act, 1910, and is now in force, the first day of March next after the commencement of the year for which the licence was granted shall be substituted for the first day of February next ensuing.
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