Inebriates Act, 1888

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INEBRIATES ACT 1888

CHAPTER XIX.

An Act to amend the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879. [24th July 1888.]

[Preamble.]

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Inebriates Act, 1888.

[S. 2 rep. 8 Edw. 7. c. 49 (S.L.R.).]

Licensee may appoint a deputy.

42 & 43 Vict. c. 19.

3. Subject to the approval of the Local Authority granting a licence for a retreat, the licensee of any retreat may from time to time appoint a deputy to act for him during his temporary absence, and such deputy shall during the absence of the licensee have and exercise all powers, and be subject to all the duties, disabilities, prohibitions, and penalties imposed upon the licensee of such retreat under the provisions of the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879. Provided always that the appointment of such deputy shall not entitle him to act for such licensee during any period or periods exceeding in all six weeks in any one year.

Attestation of application for admission to a retreat.

4. . . . . The signature of an habitual drunkard applying to be admitted to a retreat shall be attested by . . . . any two Justices of the Peace.

Construction of Act.

5. The Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879, and this Act shall be read and construed together as one Act, and may be cited together as the Inebriates Acts, 1879 and 1888.