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PART III
Prohibited Hours
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Prohibited hours generally.
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25.—The Act of 1927 is hereby amended by the substitution for section 2 (as amended by section 4 of the Act of 1960 and section 2 of the Act of 1962) of the following section:
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“2.—(1) Save as is otherwise provided by this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person to sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor, or to open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor, or to permit any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on licensed premises—
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(a) on any weekday, before the hour of half-past ten o'clock in the morning, or
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(i) during a period of summer time, after the hour of half-past eleven o'clock in the evening, or
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(ii) during a period which is not a period of summer time, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening, or
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(b) on any Sunday, before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, or between the hours of two o'clock and four o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening, or
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(c) on St. Patrick's Day, where that day falls on a weekday, before the hour of half-past twelve o'clock in the afternoon or after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening, or
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(d) at any time on Christmas Day or Good Friday.
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(2) Every person who shall sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor or open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor or permit any intoxicating liquor to be consumed on licensed premises in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof, in the case of a first offence, to a fine not exceeding £400, or, in the case of a second or any subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding £800.
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(3) Every reference in this Act to the provisions of this Act relating to prohibited hours shall be construed and have effect as a reference to the provisions of this section, and all references in this Act to prohibited hours or to times or hours in which the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by this Act shall be construed as references to the hours during which the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by this section.”.
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