Licensing (Evidence) Act, 1884

LICENSING (EVIDENCE) ACT 1884

CHAPTER XXIX.

An Act to extend Section forty-one of the Licensing Act, 1872. [28th July 1884.]

[Preamble recites 35 & 36 Vict. c. 94. s. 41.]

Extension of 35 & 36 Vict. c. 94. s. 41.

1. Section forty-one of the Licensing Act, 1872, shall be construed as if after the words “application is for the grant of a license” there were inserted the words “or for the transfer of a license.

Provided that the magistrates or justices shall be satisfied by evidence submitted to them that the license was withheld without any legal right to withhold the same.

Short title.

2. This Act may be cited as the Licensing (Evidence) Act, 1884.