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Contravention of public dancing licence.
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10.—The Act of 1935 is hereby amended by the substitution for section 11 of the following section:
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“Contravention of public dancing licence.
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11.—(1) Whenever any place in respect of which a public dancing licence is for the time being in force is used for public dancing by a person other than the licensee thereunder or is used for public dancing in contravention of or without due compliance with the conditions and restrictions contained in such licence, the licensee under such licence shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500.
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(2) Whenever any person is convicted of an offence under this section the judge of the District Court by whom such person is so convicted—
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(a) may, in any case, and
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(b) shall, where the condition contravened relates to reasonable arrangements not having been made to ensure that persons entering or making use of the place were not in possession of any controlled drug and that the place was not used for the sale, supply or distribution of any controlled drug,
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in addition to or in lieu of imposing a fine, revoke the public dancing licence relating to the place in respect of which such offence was committed.”.
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