Revenue Act, 1863

Penalty on persons selling beer, &c. by retail in Ireland without licence.

3. Every person who shall in Ireland sell beer, cider, or perry by retail, that is to say, in any quantity less than four and a half gallons or in less than two dozen reputed quart bottles at one time, without having an excise retail licence in force authorizing him so to do, shall for every such offence forfeit the sum of twenty pounds; which said penalty may be sued for and recovered under the laws of Excise, by and in the name of any superintendent or inspector of police within the police district of Dublin Metropolis, or by any sub-inspector, head or other constable, in any other part of Ireland, without any order of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for that purpose, as well as by and in the name of an officer of Excise, under the order of the said Commissioners.

[Ss. 4, 5 rep. 38 & 39 Vict. c. 66. (S.L.R.) Ss. 6–12 rep. 32 & 33 Vict. c. 14. s. 39.]