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LIQUOR LICENCE ACT
Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)
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LIQUOR LICENCE ACT
ACT
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
3. Licensing Districts and Constitution of Licensing Boards
4. Authority conferred by the different licences
5. Type of licences
6. Procedure for applying for licence
7. Annual and Quarterly Licensing Sessions
8. Sessions to be advertised
9. Adjournment of Sessions
10. Duration of Certificate
11. Procedure where applicant holds licence in respect of premises sought to be licensed
12. Procedure where applicant not licence holder
13. Stamp duty on applications
14. Grant of certificate and its form
15. Board to take evidence on oath
16. Grounds for refusal of application
17. Appeals
18. Accountant General to grant icences
19. List of licences to be published
20. Minister to authorise issue of hotel licences
21. Application for occasional licence
22. Application and mode of transfer of a licence
23. Death or insolvency of licensee
24. Mode of transfer of licence to other premises
25. Transferee of licence to apply for new certificate on expiration of licence
26. Stamp duty on applications for transfer
27. Sign Board to be affixed on licensed premises
28. Disposal without licence
29. Strength of spirits
30. Closing hours
31. Exemptions from closing hours in cases of emergency
32. Penalty for refusal to close licensed premises in cases of riot
33. Contravention of provisions as to closing hours
34. Penalty on persons found on licensed premises during closing hours
35. Power to apprehend person giving false name or address
36. Penalty for misrepresentation as resident of hotel
37. No disposal of liquor to persons apparently under 16 years
38. No internal communication with licensed premises
39. Power of entry on licensed premises
40. Obstructing entry
41. Custody of things seized
42. Release of seizure on bond
43. Objections to seizures
44. Accountant General to take legal proceedings
45. Sale of seizures by auction
46. Spirits supplied by one licensee to another to be by permit
47. Prohibition of sale of spirits on board vessel or in bond except by licence
48. Stock Book to be kept by licensee
49. Penalty for bribes
50. Register of licences
51. Record of convictions on Register
52. Summary proceedings
53. Onus of proof
54. Penalty where none specially provided
55. Appropriation of property forfeited and of penalties recovered
56. Evidence of disposal or consumption of liquor
57. Evidence of precise description of liquor not necessary
58. Proof of authority of officer or other person
59. Proof of knowledge not necessary
60. Convictions for several offences on the same day
61. Liability of licence holder for offences committed by other
62. Cancellation of licence
63. Provisions where licence-holder incurs a penalty and is without the State
64. Penalty for permitting gambling, drunkenness etc. on premises
65. Penalty for drunken quarrelsome or disorderly behaviour on licensed premises
66. No liability on forfeiture of things seized
67. Limitation of proceedings
68. Tender of amends
69. Limitation of liability
70. Penalty for giving false evidence
71. Cabinet to make regulations
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
Schedule 4
Schedule 5
Schedule 6
Schedule 7
Schedule 8
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