Courts (No. 2) Act, 1986

Amendment of section 25 of Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927.

6.Section 25 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927 , is hereby amended—

(a) by the insertion in subsection (1) before “Whenever” of “Subject to the provisions of subsection (1A) of this section”, and

(b) by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection:

“(1A) In the case of a conviction for any offence relating to prohibited hours, the provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall apply only if the Court in its discretion so thinks proper”,

and the said subsection (1), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (1A) of this section, whenever the holder of any licence for the sale of intoxicating liquor by retail is convicted of an offence to which this Part of this Act applies the conviction shall, if the person so convicted is the holder of one such licence only, be recorded on such licence or, if such person is the holder of two or more such licences in respect of the same premises, be recorded on all such licences or, if such person is the holder of two or more such licences which do not all relate to the same premises, be recorded on such one or more of those licences as relate to the premises in respect of which the offence was committed.