Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1943

Amendment of section 11 of the Act of 1927.

7.Section 11 of the Act of 1927 is hereby amended—

(a) by the deletion in sub-section (1) of the words “licensing area, be entitled to have the seven-day licence transferred at the annual licensing District Court” and the substitution in lieu thereof of the words “district or adjoining districts, be entitled, on application at any sitting of the justice of the District Court in whose district are situate the premises to which the six-day licence is attached, to have the seven-day licence transferred”,

(b) by the deletion in sub-section (2) of the words “licensing area, be entitled to have the ordinary seven-day licence transferred at the annual licensing District Court” and the substitution in lieu thereof of the words “district or adjoining districts, be entitled, on application at any sitting of the justice of the District Court in whose district are situate the premises to which the early-closing licence is attached, to have the ordinary seven-day licence transferred”,

(c) by the addition at the end of the section of a new sub-section as follows:—

“(3) In this section, the word ‘district’ means a district of the District Court prescribed under section 68 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1924 (No. 10 of 1924).”