Lunacy Act, 1890

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Incapacity or death of the person licensed.

218.—(1) If a person to whom a licence has been granted becomes by sickness or other sufficient reason incapable of keeping the licensed house, or dies before the expiration of the licence, the Commissioners or any three justices for the county or borough, as the case may be, may, if they think fit, by writing endorsed on the licence under the seal of the Commissioners or under the hands of such three justices, transfer the licence, with all the privileges and obligations annexed thereto, for the term then unexpired, to such person as the Commissioners or justices approve.

(2) Where a licence is transferred by justices of a county or borough under this section, the clerk of the peace of the county or borough shall within three days after the date of the instrument of transfer send a copy thereof to the Commissioners.

(3) A clerk of the peace who makes default in performing the duty imposed upon him by this section, shall, for each day during which the default continues, be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings.