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Penalties for offences by officials of registered club.
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10. Where an order has been made that a registered club is being so managed or carried on as to constitute a ground of objection to the renewal of its certificate, then, if the following grounds, or any of them, are specified in such order, videlicet:—
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(1) That it is not conducted in good faith as a club, or that it is kept or habitually used for any unlawful purpose, or mainly for the supply of exciseable liquor, or
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(2) That there is frequent drunkenness on the club premises, or that persons in a state of intoxication are frequently seen to leave the club premises, or that the club is conducted in a disorderly manner; or
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(3) That persons who are not members are habitually admitted to the club merely for the purpose of obtaining exciseable liquor;
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every person entered in the register of clubs as an official or a member of the committee of management or governing body of the club shall, unless he satisfies the court that the club was so managed or carried on without his knowledge or against his consent, be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding for a first offence seven pounds, for a second offence, whether in connexion with the same or another club, fifteen pounds and for a third or subsequent offence as aforesaid thirty pounds.
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