20. Minister to authorise issue of hotel licences
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(1) The Minister may, if he or she thinks fit, on the application to him or her for a hotel licence, authorise the Accountant General to issue a hotel licence to such applicant in respect of any premises which are used as a bona fide hotel.
However, if the Minister is satisfied that the hotel in respect of which such licence shall have been issued is not conducted as a bona fide hotel or in a fit or proper or orderly manner, he or she may revoke such licence at any time and the same shall be cancelled, in addition to any other penalty which the holder of any such licence may be liable under the provisions of this Act.
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(2) There shall be paid to the Accountant General in respect of such hotel licence the fees set out in Schedule 8.
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(3) On the receipt of the prescribed fees the Accountant General shall issue a licence in the form set out in Schedule 5.
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(4) Such licence shall remain in force until the end of the year in which it is granted, and may thereafter be renewed annually on payment of the prescribed fees unless the licence is cancelled under the provisions of subsection 1.
However, the holder of an hotel licence shall pay such trade and other duties payable by him or her and shall comply with such provisions of this Act relating to stock book and permits as apply to a licensed dealer and shall in all respects conduct and manage his or her business in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
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