CONTROL OF LICENSED PREMISES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VII, Issue 319, 3 September 1896, Page 10

CONTROL OF LICENSED PREMISES.

In his annual report the Commissioner of Police refers to the proposed control of licensed houses, and says it was stated last year, and is now reiterated, that what, is required on our Statute Book i« clause 25 of the Imperial Licensing Act, 1872, in toto, and not as at present merely the last few lines of that clause. The clause referred to is as follows :—“ If during any period during which any premises are required to be closed any person is found on such premises, he shall, unless he satisfies the Court that he was an inmate, servant, or a lodger on such premises, or a bona fide traveller, or that otherwise his presence in such premises was not in contravention of this Act, with respect to the closing of premises, be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings. Any constable may demand the name and address of any person found on any premises during the period during which they are required to be closed, and if he has reasonable ground to suppose that the name or address is false, may require evidence of the correctness of such name and address, and may, if such person fail upon such demand to give hie name or evidence, apprehend him without warrant, and carry him, as soon as practicable, before a J.P. Any person required by a constable under this section to give the information above, or who gives false information, is liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. Every person who, by falsely representing himself to be a traveller or a lodger, buys or obtains, or attempts to buy or obtain at any premises, any intoxicating liquors during closing time, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.”