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The Liquor Licensing Short title Ordinance
Cap. 238
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Contents
- Preamble
- Section 1 — (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Liquor Licensing Short title
- Section 2 — In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires--
- Section 3
- Section 4
- Section 5 — (1) The Chairman and two other members of a Liquor Procedure.
- Section 6 — (1) The following licences may be grantEd under this
- Section 7 — Any person wishing to obtain an On and Off Licence, or a
- Section 8
- Section 9
- Section 10
- Section 11
- Section 12
- Section 13
- Section 14
- Section 15
- Section 16
- Section 17
- Section 18
- Section 20
- Section 21 — (1) On the payment of the sum of one pound the ~'ransfer of
- Section 22
- Section 23
- Section 24
- Section 25 — Any person-
- Section 26
- Section 27
- Section 28
- Section 30
- Section 31
- Section 32
- Section 33
- Section 34
- Section 35
- Section 36
- Section 37
- Section 38
- Section 39 — Any licence holder who-
- Section 40
- Section 41 — (I) There shall be kept in every Licensing District by the
- Section 42 — (I) Where a conviction for an offence is, by this
- Section 43
- Section 44
- Section 45
- Section 46
- Section 48
- Section 49
- Section 50
- Section 51
- Section 52
- Schedule C.
Liquor Licensing [Cap. 238 2527
48. Evidence of sale or consumption of intoxicating liquor.
49. Both employer and employee liable for offences of latter.
50. Prosecution for offences.
51. Power to make rules.
52. Procedure on appeals to Supreme Court.
SCHEDULES.
A.-FoRM OF NoTICE UNDER SECTION 8.
B.-FORM OF CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 13.
C.-SCALE OF FEES FOR LICENCES.
D.-FORMS OF LICENCES.
E.-FORM OF NOTICE UNDER SECTION 19.
F.-FORM OF CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 20.
G.-FORM OF SEARCH WARRANT.
H.-FEES PAYABLE BY APPLICANTS.
CHAPTER 238.
LIQUOR LICENSING.
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law relating to the 14 of 1958.
sale of intoxicating liquor in Sierra Leone.
[Sections 1-5, 7-10, 13-16, 18 and 51, Schedules A-D,
1ST JANUARY, 1960.]
[Remainder, 1sT APRIL, 1960.]
Ordinance. ::e~~~=~nt.
(2) Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 and 51 *
and Schedules A, B, C and D shall come into force on such date
as the Governor may by Order declare, and the rest of this
Ordinance shall come into force on the expiry of three months
from that date.
* P.N. 180 of 1959, which included also section 6.
Interpretation.
Cap. 65.
Cap. 7.
Establi;,hment of
Liquor
Licensing
Boards.
" beer" means beer, ale, porter, spruce beer, black beer,
or any other description .of beer, cider, perry, and any
fermented malt liquor:
Provided that any fermented beer containing a greater
proportion than forty per centum of proof spirits shall be
deemed to be spirits;
" City of Freetown " means the City of Freetown as
delimited in section 5 of the Freetown Municipality Ordinance;
"Freetown Police District" means the Police District of
Freetown as defined in the Schedule to the Courts Ordinance;
"intoxicating liquor" means beer, wine or spirits as
defined in this section;
"Liquor Licensing Board" means a Liquor Licensing
Board constituted under the provisions of this Ordinance;
"premises" includes any train to which is attached a
railway restaurant car;
" Register of Licences " means a Register of Licences kept
under the provisions of section 41 ;
" spirits " means rum, brandy, gin, whisky, schnapps,
hollands, absinthe and all kinds of spirits and spirituous
liquors of any description, and all liquor mixed with spirits,
and all mixtures and compounds of preparations made with
spirits and any distilled and spirituous liquor, but does not
include wine or palm wine or any other native made wine;
" wine " means claret, champagne, port, hock, moselle,
chablis, burgundy, Rhine wine and any kind of liquor sold or
offered for sale as being foreign wine, or under the name by
which foreign wine is usually designated or known, sweets,
made wines, mead, metheglin, or any liquor made or obtained
from fruit or sugar, or from fruit and sugar mixed with any
other materials, or from a tree or plant which has undergone
a process of fermentation in the manufacture thereof, but
does not include palm wine or any other native made wine:
Provided that any fermented wine or liquor containing a
greater proportion than forty per centum of proof spirits shall
be deemed to be spirits.
For the purposes of this Ordinance there shall beestablished-
(a) a Colony Liquor Licensing Board having jurisdiction
throughout the Colony; and
(b) a District Liquor Licensing Board for each District of
the Protectorate.
(1) The Colony Liquor Licensing Board shall consist of Compositionthe Senior Police Magistrate of Freetown, who shall be Chairman, 'tc~~~¥~~
and such other persons, not being less than three nor more than Boards.
seven, as the Governor in Council may from time to time
appoint.
(2) In each District the District Liquor Licensing Board shall
consist of the senior Police Magistrate having jurisdiction in the
District, who shall be Chairman, and such other persons, not
being Jess than three nor more than seven, as the Governor in
Council may from time to time appoint.
(3) All the members of Liquor Licensing Boards, other than
the Chairman thereof, shall hold office during the pleasure of the
Governor in Council and shall, whatever may have been the
dates of their respective appointments, vacate their seats on
the first day of January in the year nineteen hundred and sixty,
and thereafter on the first day of January in every alternate year.
(4) Any member vacating his seat, whether under the
provisions of the last preceding sub-section or otherwise, may be
re-appointed a member of a Liquor Licensing Board by the
Governor in Council.
Licensing Board shall constitute a quorum, and in the case of
an equality of votes the Chairman shall have a second or casting
vote.
(2) The sittings of Liquor Licensing Boards shall be open to
the public.
Ordinance for the sale of intoxicating liquor-
(a) a licence (in this Ordinance called an On and Off
Licence) to sell intoxicating liquor to be consumed on or off
the premises, for a year, half-year or quarter;
(b) a licence (in this Ordinance called a "\Vholesale Off
Licence) to sell intoxicating liquor in stores, in quantities of
not less than one gallon, not to be consumed on the premises,
for a year or half-year;
(c) a licence (in this Ordinance called a Retail Off Licence)
(to be granted only to a holder of a licence under the last
Different
forms of
Dates on
which
licences shall
expire.
Application
for certificate
for licence.
paragraph hereof) permitting such holder to sell intoxicating
liquor in stores, in quantities of less than one gallon, not to be
consumed on the premises, for a year or half-year;
(d) a licence (in this Ordinance called a Saloon-bar Licence)
to sell intoxicating liquor, to be consumed on the premises,
for a year, half-year or quarter;
(e) a licence (in this Ordinance called a Hotel Licence)
to the holder of a Saloon-bar Licence to sell intoxicating liquor
by retail to persons lodging in or taking meals in the hotel to
be consumed therein, for a year;
(j) a licence (in this Ordinance called a Wine and Beer On
and Off Licence) to sell wine and beer, to be consumed on or
off the premises, for a year;
(g) a licence (in this Ordinance called a Wine and Beer
Off Licence) to sell wine and beer, not to be consumed on the
premises, for a year;
(h) a licence (in this Ordinance called an Occasional
Licence) to sell intoxicating liquor on special occasions;
(i) a licence (in this Ordinance called a Canteen Licence)
to sell intoxicating liquor in a canteen for such period as the
Governor shall determine;
(j ) a licence (in this Ordinance called a Club Licence) to
sell intoxicating liquor in a club, for a year;
(k) a licence (in this Ordinance called a Railway Restaurant
Car Licence) to sell intoxicating liquor for a year or half-year
by retail in a restaurant car to passengers travelling on the
train to be consumed on the train.
(2) The licences aforesaid, with the exception of Canteen and
Occasional Licences, shall expire at the end of the year, half-year
or quarter respectively for which such licences have been granted.
Saloon-bar Licence or a \Vine and Beer On and Off Licence or a
Wine and Beer Off Licence or a Club Licence or a Hotel Licence
shall, two months at least before the licence is required, make
application in writing for a certificate to the Chairman of the
Liquor Licensing Board having jurisdiction in the area in which
the premises to be licensed are situated, setting forth his name
and address, and the nature of the licence for which he applies
and a description of the situation of the premises in respect of
which the application is made; and, if an application for a
certificate for the same licence in respect of the same premises
have been refused within the last preceding twelve months,
stating some substantial reason for the grant of such certificate
which was not before the Liquor Licensing Board on such
previous application.
253I
The Chairman of the Liquor Licensing Board on receiving ~oti?e ofsuch application shall issue a notice under his hand in the form earmg.
prescribed in Schedule A, or as near thereto as circumstances Sched. A.
permit, and shall cause the said notice to be published once in
the Gazette, and to be affixed for a period of not less than ten
days on the door of the premises to be licensed and on the
nearest police station thereto. The notice shall fix a day for
the hearing of the application for a certificate and of objections
thereto, which shall be not less than thirty days from the date
of the publication thereof.
(I) The Commissioner of Police or his representative or, Objections toissue of
any body responsible for local government or public health in the certificate.
place in which the premises to be licensed are situate, and any
person owiling or occupying premises, or the Minister of any
place of worship, situated within one hundred yards of the
premises intended to be licensed, may object to the granting of
such certificate.
(2) Written notice of such objection and of the grounds
thereof shall be given to the Chairman of the Liquor Licensing
Board, and a copy thereof shall also be delivered by the objector
to the applicant at least fourteen days before the date of the
hearing of the application.
(I) The Board shall, before granting or refusing thecertificate, hear evidence, which in all cases shall be on oath,
with regard to-
(a) the character of the applicant for the licence;
(b) the suitability of the premises; and
(c) the need for such licence for the public convenience.
(2) No person shall be heard in opposition of an application
who has not given notice in writing as prescribed in sub-section
(2) of section 9.
(3) The Liquor Licensing Board may in its discretion grant
or refuse to grant a certificate and need not assign any reason.
Evidence
required at
hearing.
(I) If the applicant is already the holder of a licence Renewal ofunder this Ordinance in respect of premises for which he is
applying for a new licence, and no notice of opposition has been
Death or
insolvency of
applicant.
Form of
certificate.
given, the Liquor Licensing Board hearing the application may,
if it thinks fit, grant a certificate without hearing evidence as
prescribed in the last preceding section.
(2) Whenever a Liquor Licensing Board refuses to grant a
certificate to an applicant who is already the holder of a licence
in respect of premises for which he is applying for a new licence,
the Chairman of that Board shall notify the applicant .in writing
of the decision of his Board and its reasons therefor and, within
fourteen days of receiving such notification, the applicant may
appeal to the Supreme Court against that Board's decision by
lodging a notice of appeal together with a memorandum of the
grounds of the appeal with the Chairman of that Board.
(3) On receiving notice of appeal under the last preceding
sub-section, the Chairman of a Liquor Licensing Board shall
forward to the Master and Registrar for consideration by the
Supreme Court a copy of the proceedings before that Board
together with the notice and memorandum of the grounds of
appeal.
(4) The Supreme Court may either confirm the Liquor
Licensing Board's refusal to grant the certificate or may order
the issue of the certificate by the Liquor Licensing Board,
whereupon the Chairman of that Board shall issue such certificate
forthwith.
(5) \Vhen a certificate for the renewal of a licence has been
refused by a Liquor Licensing Board, the Board may iil its
discretion authorise the issue of a licence to the applicant for
such period, not exceeding three months, as the Board may
think proper to enable the applicant to dispose of intoxicating
liquor then in his possession. A proportionate part of the
prescribed fee for an annual licence shall be paid for every
such licence.
In case the applicant shall die, or shall become insolventafter applying for the grant or renewal of a licence and before
the licence or renewal licence has been issued, a Liquor Licensing
Board may authorise the issue of the licence or renewal licence
to the executor, administrator, receiver or trustee, as the case
may be, of the estate of such applicant.
Every certificate granted under this Ordinance shall beunder the hand of the Chairman of a Liquor Licensing Board,
shall be addressed, if granted in respect of premises situated in
the Colony, to the Accountant General, and if granted in respect
of premises situated in the Protectorate, to the Treasury Sub-
Accountant of the district in which such premises are situated,
and shall in every case specify the nature of the licence to be
granted and the situation of the premises concerned, and shall
be in the form set forth in Schedule B or as near thereto as Sched. B.
circumstances permit.
(l) Where any person has objected to the grant of a Gra~J ofcertificate in any instance and the Liquor Licensing Board which ~:-J 1
a;~~eal.
heard the application decides to grant the certificate, the
Chairman shall notify the objector in writing of the decision of
the Board and its reasons therefor and shall not issue the
certificate to the applicant until fourteen days after notification
of that Liquor Licensing Board's decision has been given to the
objector.
(2) Any person who has objected to the grant of a certificate
in any instance may within fourteen days of receiving
notification that the Liquor Licensing Board which heard the
application has decided to grant the certificate, appeal to the
Supreme Court against that Board's decision by lodging a
notice of appeal together with a memorandum of the grounds of
the appeal with the Chairman of that Board.
(3) The Chairman of a Liquor Licensing Board on receiving
notice of appeal against his Board's decision to grant a certificate
in any instance shall forward a copy of the proceedings before
his Board in respect of such certificate together with the notice
and memorandum of grounds of appeal to the Master and
Registrar for consideration by the Supreme Court and shall not
issue the certificate pending the decision of the Supreme Court.
(4) The Supreme Court may either confirm the Liquor
Licensing Board's decision and order the immediate issue of the
certificate or revoke the Liquor Licensing Board's decision and
order that the certificate shall not issue. The Chairman of the
Liquor Licensing Board which granted the certificate shall give
effect to the decision of the Supreme Court.
(I) The Accountant General, if the premises to be Grant oflicensed are situated in the Colony, or the Treasury Sub-
Accountant of the district in which the premises to be licensed
are situated, if such premises are in the Protectorate, on
payment to him of such sum, as the case may be, as is prescribed
in Schedule C and, if the licence applied for is an On and Off 8ched. c.
Licence, a Saloon-bar Licence or a ·wine and Beer On and Off
Licence or a Wine and Beer Off Licence or a Club Licence or a
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Sched. D.
Copy of
licence given
to licence
holder.
Canteen
Hotel Licence, on the production of a certificate granted under
the provisions of section 13, shall grant to the applicant a
licence of the class applied for, which shall be in one of the forms
set forth in Schedule D, or as near thereto as circumstances
permit, and when granted shall be sufficient authority for the
person named therein to sell such intoxicating liquor as is
mentioned therein on the premises, and in the manner specified
therein:
Provided that no Occasional Licence shall be granted by
the Accountant General or by a Treasury Sub-Accountant unless
he is satisfied by a certificate in writing from the Commissioner
of Police, or his representative, that there is no objection to such
licence being granted:
Provided further that a Hotel Licence shall only be granted
to the holder of a Saloon-bar Licence and in respect of the
premises specified in such Saloon-bar Licence.
(2) At the time of granting the licence there shall be given to
the licence holder a certified copy thereof, and at any time, if the
Accountant General or Treasury Sub-Accountant, as the case
may be, is satisfied that such copy has been lost or destroyed, he
may give another certified copy on the application of the
licensee and on production of the licence.
(I) The Governor may, if he thinks fit, upon thenomination of the Officer Commanding the Troops in Sierra
Leone, the Naval Officer-in-Charge, Freetown, the Air Officer
Commanding the Royal Air Force, Sierra Leone, or the Commissioner of Police, or if he shall be of the opinion that the
public interest renders it expedient so to do, authorise the
Accountant General to issue, without the payment of any fee, a
Canteen Licence, in the form set forth in ScheduleD, or as near
thereto as circumstances permit, to the owner or tenant of any
canteen in Sierra Leone to sell intoxicating liquor, to be consumed
on or off the premises. The Governor may at any time, by
writing under his hand, cancel such licence.
(2) A Canteen Licence shall render lawful the sale of
intoxicating liquor in the canteen for which it is granted to such
persons or classes of persons as may be specified in the licence.
(3) If the holder of such licence, having no licence other than
a Canteen Licence, sells, barters or exposes for sale or causes,
permits or suffers to be sold, bartered or exposed for sale any
intoxicating liquor to any person other than a person specified
in the licence or a person belonging to a class of persons so
specified, he shall be liable to the penalties by this Ordinance
provided in the case of a person selling intoxicating liquor
without licence.
( l) A Club Licence shall authorise the supply of r~ubintoxicating liquor, being the property of the members of the Jcence.
club, in any quantity to the members of the club and their
guests.
(2) No place shall be considered a club where any persons,
other than the members and the invited guests of members, are
allowed entry or accommodation, or where any persons, other
than members, are charged or permitted to pay for any
intoxicating liquor, refreshment, or accommodation therein.
(3} A Club Licence shall only authorise intoxicating liquor to
be supplied on-
(a) the premises specified in the Licence; or
(b) premises temporarily occupied by the club, provided
at least twenty-four hours' previous notice is given to the
Senior Police Officer stationed in the district.
(4) If on any premises occupied by a club any intoxic~ting
liquor is supplied to any person, whether a member or not,
except under the authority of a licence and in accordance with
the conditions of the licence and the provisions of this Ordinance,
the person supplying the liquor, and every person authorising
the supply of the liquor shall each be deemed to have sold
intoxicating liquor without a licence and be punishable
accordingly.
(5} A Club Licence shall be applied for by, and issued to, the
secretary or other responsible officer on behalf of the club, but
no transfer of the licence shall be necessary by reason of a
change in the holder of the office.
(6} In this section, "member of a club " means-
(a) any person who has been duly elected a member of a
club according to the provisions of the rules of the club;
(b) any person who, having been proposed and seconded
by full members of the club, has been admitted as a temporary
member of a club according to the provisions of the rules of
the club for a period of not less than fourteen days and has
paid to the club a due proportion of the annual subscription
of a full member;
Railway
Restaurant
Car Licence.
(c) if the rules of the club so permit, any person who
is admitted as an honorary member of the club by virtue of
the fact that he is a member of the crew of any ship visiting
Sierra Leone;
(d) if the rules of the club so permit, any person who is
admitted as a member of the club by virtue of the fact that he
is in the employment of a firm carrying on busineils in Sierra
Leone which has paid a block subscription to the club on
behalf of its employees;
(e) if the rules of the club so permit, any person who is
admitted as a member of the club by virtue of the fact that
he is a member of a mess which has paid a block subscription
to the club on behalf of its members.
(7) A Liquor Licensing Board may require an applicant or a
holder of a Club Licence to produce to its satisfaction such
information as the Board may reasonably require as to any of
the matters mentioned in sub-section (6) including the rules of
the club.
(8) A Liquor Licensing Board may revoke any licence
granted to a club under the provisions of this section if it has
good reason to believe that the club is in the habit of supplying
liquor to persons who are not bona fide members of the club or
that the liquor sold is not the property of the members of
the club.
(I) The Accountant General shall issue, upon thenomination of the General Manager of the Railway, a Railway
Restaurant Car Licence, in the form set forth in ScheduleD, or
as near thereto as circumstances permit, to any person so
nominated by the General Manager of the Railway. The
Governor may at any time by writing m1der his hand cancel such
(2) The fee for such licence shall be as prescribed in
Schedule C.
Application 19. (I) Any person holding an On and Off Licence, a
for transfer of S 1 b L" \U" d B 0 d Off L"licences. a oon- ar ICence, a ct llle an eer 11 an ICence or a
Wine and Beer Off Licence or a Club Licence and desiring to
have . such licence transferred to another person or to other
premises-
(a) shall, five weeks at least before the date on which it is
desired that such licence shall be transferred, make application
in writing to the Liquor Licensing Board having jurisdiction,
l
for a certificate that his licence may be transferred to such
other person or to such other premises; and
(b) shall in such application set forth his name and address
together with that of the person to whom, or a description of
the premises to which, he desires such licence to be transferred.
(2) If the licence is to be transferred to premises other than
those named in the licence, the Liquor Licensing Board shall
issue a notice in the form set forth in Schedule E, or as near Sched. E.
thereto as circumstances permit, and shall cause the said notice
to be published once in the Gazette and to be affixed for a period
of not less than ten days on the door of the premises to be
licensed and on the nearest police station thereto.
The notice shall fix a day for the hearing of the application
for a transfer and of objections thereto, which shall be not less
than thirty days from the date of the publication thereof, if the
premises to be licensed are situated in the Freetown Police
District, or if they be situated elsewhere, not less than sixty days
from the date of publication thereof.
(3) If the licence is to be transferred to another person,
unless such person already holds a licence granted under the
provisions of this Ordinance, in which case such evidence may
be dispensed with, the Liquor Licensing Board shall, before
granting a certificate for that purpose, be satisfied by evidence
on oath taken before the Liquor Licensing Board of the character
of the person to whom such licence is to be granted.
(1) The grant or refusal of a certificate for the transferof any licence specified in the preceding section to premises other
than those specified therein shall be subject to the same rights
of objection, and to the same procedure, as are set forth in
sections 8, 9 and 10.
(2) Every certificate for a transfer of a licence granted by a
Liquor Licensing Board shall be in the form set forth in Schedule
F, or as near thereto as circumstances permit.
Objections to
transfers and
form of
certificate.
Scheel. F.
Accountant General, if the premises licensed or to be licem;ed h~ences.
are situated in the Colony, or the Treasury Sub-Accountant of
the district in which the premises licensed or to be licensed are
situated, if such premises are situated in the Protectorate, shall-
(a) in the case of an On and Off Licence, a Saloon-bar
Licence, a Wine and Beer On and Off Licence, a Wine and
Beer Off Licence, or a Club Licence, on the production of the
Death of
licensee.
Sale of liquor
without
proper certificate, transfer such licence to the person or
premises named in such certificate;
(b) in the case of \Vholesale Off and Retail Off Licences,
transfer the licence to the person or premises to whom or to
which the applicant may desire to have such licence
transferred :
Provided that a Retail Off Licence shall only be transferred
to the holder of a Wholesale Off Licence;
(c) in the case of a Hotel Licence, on the production of the
proper certificate for the transfer of the Saloon-bar Licence
with which the Hotel Licence is held, transfer the Hotel
Licence to the person or premises named in such certificate.
(2) The Accountant General or Treasury Sub-Accountant
making such transfer shall endorse on the back of the licence a
statement signed by him which shall set out that such transfer
has been made by him.
(1) If any person to whom a licence has been granted ortransferred, dies before the expiration of the time limited in
the said licence, the executors or administrators of such person
may, with the approval of the Liquor Licensing Board having
jurisdiction, carry on the business and shall be deemed to be the
holder of such licence for the residue of the time limited therein.
(2) If the estate of the deceased vests in the Official
Administrator, or in a person who is himself disqualified from
being a licence holder, the Liquor Licensing Board having
jurisdiction shall, on application by the Official Administrator or
the person interested, appoint a fit and proper person to be
manager of the premises in respect of which the licence was
granted for the residue of the time limited therein; and such
manager shall be deemed to be the holder of the licence for the
purposes of this Ordinance.
(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of thissection any person who sells, barters or exposes for sale any
intoxicating liquor without being duly licensed to sell the same,
or if licensed, sells, barters, or exposes for sale intoxicating
liquor in any quantities which, or at any place where, he is not
authorised by his licence to sell, or otherwise than in accordance
with his licence, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on
conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds
and any such intoxicating liquor and vessel in which it is
j
contained may be seized and the same shall be forfeited to
Her Majesty.
(2) Nothing in sub-section (1) of this section contained shall
be deemed to extend to-
(a) physicians, surgeons, apothecaries or druggists, as to
any spirits or spirituous liquor that they may use in preparing
or dispensing medicines; or
(b) hawkers licensed to deal in intoxicating liquor under
section 24 of the Protectorate Ordinance; or
(c) any officer, auctioneer or person who, without any
licence under this Ordinance, shall sell any intoxicating liquor
under the provisions of any other Ordinance or under any
process of Law.
(3) In proceedings under this section, it shall not be
necessary for the prosecutor to prove that the person charged
had no licence, or that the premises on which any sale, barter or
exposure for sale of intoxicating liquor took place were not
mentioned in the licence, but the person charged, if he alleges
that he was licensed or that the premises on which any sale,
barter or exposure for sale took place were mentioned in his
licence, shall prove the same.
Exceptions.
Cap. 60.
Onus of
proof.
Every occupier of unlicensed premises on which any Liahil!ty rintoxicating liquor is sold, bartered or exposed for sale, shall, if ~~feu~~r orit is proved that he was privy to the sale, be guilty of an offence, unlic~nsed
and liable on conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten preilllses.
pounds.
(a) who occupies a shop, for which no licence under the
provisions of this Ordinance has been issued to keep any
intoxicating liquor in such shop, or in any premises used
therewith, or adjoining thereto, who has in his possession or
on any such premises any description of intoxicating liquor
which he is not authorised to sell, unless he shall account for
the possession of the same to the satisfaction of the Court; or
(b) who holding a licence to sell intoxicating liquor, keeps
such liquor in any place other than the premises prescribed
in his licence,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction thereof to
a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and the intoxicating liquor
and vessel in which it is contained, found in any such place, may
be seized and the same shall be forfeited to Her Majesty.
S.L.-VoL. IV-39
keeping
liquor in any
place not
authorised.
Auctioneerwhen
exempted
from
payment for
Hours for
closing.
selling liquor
after the
closing time.
(I) An auctioneer may, by virtue of a licence under thehand of the Accountant General on the occasion of any sale
of the furniture and effects of any person at a private dwellinghouse, sell any intoxicating liquor being the private property of
the owner of the furniture and effects, and for such licence no
fee shall be paid, but such licence shall be prepared by the
auctioneer requiring the same and shall specify particularly-
(a) the name of the owner of the intoxicating liquor;
(b) the quantity and kind to be sold; and
(c) the premises from which the same is intended to be sold.
(2) Before the Accou..."l.tant General shall grant such licence,
the auctioneer shall make a statutory declaration that the
intoxicating liquor is, to the best of his knowledge and belief,
the property of the person whose furniture and effects, and at
whose pre~rises such furniture and effects, are about to be sold.
(1) All premises on which intoxicating liquor is soldfor consumption on the premises shall be closed as follows, that
is to say, on Saturday night from 9.00 p.m. to 5.00 a.m. on the
following Monday; on Christmas Day, Good Friday and on
nights of all days from 9.00 p.m. until 5.00 a.m. on the following
morning; but if a Saloon-bar Licence has been granted in respect
of the premises, then from 11.00 p.m. instead of 9.00 p.m. on
every night on which the premises may be lawfully open:
Provided that, in respect of any area, the Governor in
Council may, after consultation with the Liquor Licensing Board
having jurisdiction in such area, by rules vary the general
hours for closing specified in this sub-section, and thereupon the
provisions of this Ordinance relating to closing hours shall have
effect as if the general closing hours were modified in respect of
such area in accordance therewith.
(2) Any person who, within any period when licensed
premises are required under the provisions of this Ordinance to
be closed, sells, barters or exposes for sale in such premises any
intoxicating liquor, or opens or keeps open such premises for
the sale of intoxicating liquor, or who allows any intoxicating
liquor, although purchased before the hours of closing, to be
consumed in such premises within such period, shall be guilty of
an offence and be liable on conviction thereof to a fine not
exceeding, for the first offence, ten pounds, the second offence,
twenty pounds and any subsequent offence, fifty pounds.
(3) Any conviction for an offence under this section shall be
recorded on the Register of Licences.
(4) Nothing in this Ordinance shall preclude-
(a) a person licensed to sen any intoxicating liquor to be
consumed on the premises from selling such liquor at any
time to persons lodging in his house; or
(b) the holder of an Occasional Licence from selling any
intoxicating liquor in accordance with the terms of his licence
between the hours specified therein by the Accountant
General after consultation with the Commissioner of Police,
or by the Treasury Sub-Accountant after consultation with
the senior Police Officer stationed in his district, as the case
may be; or
(c) the holder of a Hotel Licence from opening his hotel for
the sale of, or from selling, intoxicating liquor in accordance
with paragraph (e) of section 6 (1) of this Ordinance between
the hours of 11.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. and 6.00 p.m. and
ll.OO p.m. on Christmas Day, Good Friday or Sunday; or
(d) the holder of a Railway Restaurant Car Licence from
selling any intoxicating liquor at any time in accordance
with the terms of his licence; or
(e) the holder of a Canteen Licence from selling intoxicating
liquor in accordance with the terms of his licence between the
hours specified therein by the Accountant General after
consultation with the Commissioner of Police;
(f) the holder of a ClubLicencefromsellinganyintoxicating
liquor at any time in accordance with the terms of his licence.
(1) If, within any period when licensed premises arerequired under the provisions of this Ordinance to be closed,
any person is found on such premises, he shall, unless he satisfies
the Court that he was an inmate, a servant, or a lodger on such
premises, or that otherwise his presence on such premises was
not in contravention of the provisions of this Ordinance with
respect to the closing of licensed premises, be guilty of an offence
and liable on conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty
shillings.
being found
on premises
after closing
time.
(2) Any constable may demand the name and address of any Demand for
person found on any licensed premises within any period when ~~:~s~nof
they are under the provisions of this Ordinance required to be person f?und
I d d ·f h h bl d h h on pre miRes
c ose an , 1 e as reasona e groun to suppose t at t e name after closing
or address given is false, may require evidence of the correctness time.
of such name and address, and may, if such person fail upon
such demand to give his name and address or to offer satisfactory
evidence of the correctness of such name and address, apprehend
S.L.-VoL. IV-39*
refusal to
give name
or address.
False
personation
of lodger.
permitting
drunkenness.
permitting
gaming.
Power to
exclude
drunken
persons.
him without warrant and take him as soon as practicable before
a Magistrate.
(3) Any person, required by a constable under this section
to give his name and address, who fails to give the same or gives
a false name or address or makes a false statement with respect
to such name or address, shall be guilty of an offence and liable
on conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty shillings.
(4) Any person who, by falsely representing himself to be a
lodger, buys or obtains, or attempts to buy or obtain, at any
premises any intoxicating liquor during the period when such
premises are required to be closed under the provisions of this
Ordinance, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction
thereof to a fine not exceeding forty shillings.
29. {I) Any licence holder who permits drunkenness, or any
violent, or quarrelsome or disorderly, or riotous conduct to take
place on his premises, or who sells any intoxicating liquor to
any drunken person, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on
conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding, for the first offence,
ten pounds, the second offence twenty pounds, and any
subsequent offence, fifty pounds. Any conviction for an offence
under this section shall be recorded on the Register of Licences.
(2) If a licence holder is charged with any contravention of
this section, and it is proved that any person was drunk or
guilty of any violent, quarrelsome, disorderly or riotous conduct
on his premises, it shall lie on the licence holder to prove that
he and the persons employed by him took all reasonable steps
for preventing drunkenness or violent, quarrelsome, disorderly
or riotous conduct, as the case may be, on the premises.
Any licence holder who suffers any gaming or anyunlawful game to be played on his premises, shall be guilty of
an offence and liable on conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding,
for the first offence, twenty pounds, and not exceeding, for the
second and any subsequent offence, fifty pounds. Any
conviction for an offence under this section shaH be recorded on
the Register of Licences.
(1) Any licence holder may refuse to admit to, andmay turn out from, the premises in respect of which his licence
is granted, any person who is drunken, violent, quarrelsome or
disorderly, and any person whose presence on his premises would
subject him to a penalty under this Ordinance.
(2) Any such person who, upon being requested in pursuance
of this section by a licence holder, or his agent, or his servant,
or any constable to quit such premises fails to do so, shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction thereof to a
fine not exceeding five pounds; and all constables are required
on demand of such licence holder, agent or servant, to expel or
assist in expelling every such person from such premises, and
may use such force as may be required for such purpose. The
Court committing any person to prison for non-payment of
any penalty under this section may order him to be imprisoned
with hard labour.
Any licence holder who knowingly supplies any person,apparently under the age of sixteen years, with intoxicating
liquor to be consumed on the premises shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction thereof to a fine not
exceeding five pounds.
Sale to
young
persons.
(1) A certified copy of every licence to sell intoxicating ~icence ~oliquor shall be hung up or affixed in some conspicuous part of c~n~;~c~~~s
the room, shop or other place where such intoxicating liquor is place.
licensed to be sold.
(2) If such copy is not hung up or affixed, the person who sells
intoxicating liquor in such room, shop, or place shal1 be deemed
to be a seller of intoxicating liquor without a licence, and shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction thereof
to a fine not exceeding, for the first offence, ten pounds, and not
exceeding, for the second and any subsequent offence, twenty
pounds. Any conviction for an offence under this section shall
be recorded on the Register of Licences.
(3) Every holder of a licence to sell intoxicating liquor to be Sign-board
d h . h h C O on premises
consume on t e premises, ot er t an a anteen o:r ccasional licensed for
Licence, shall set up and affix a sign-board over the door or on consumption
on the
some other conspicuous part of the front of the premises where premises.
the liquors are sold and consumed. Such board shall be white
and have painted legibly thereon in black letters of not less than
two inches in height the name of the licence holder and also the
words "Licensed Dealer in Intoxicating Liquors," and for
each day on which the licence holder omits to have such
sign-board set up and affixed he shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of one pound.
(4) Every holder of a licence to sell intoxicating liquor to be Room to be
d h . h ll f h l set apart for
consume on t e premJSes s a set apart or t e so e accommo- the puhlic.
dation and use of the public at least one apartment fit and
proper for such purpose.
Sections of
Ordinance to
be affixed on
premises.
Saving.
Making use
of false
certificate of
communication between
licensed and
other
premises.
Police to be
furnished
with lists of
(5) Every holder of a licence to sell intoxicating liquor to be
consumed on the premises shall keep constantly affixed in some
conspicuous part of the premises wherein intoxicating liquors
are so sold a copy of sections 29, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40,
41 and 42 of this Ordinance, which shall be supplied to him on
application by the official who issued such licence.
(6) None of the provisions of this section shall apply to the
holder of a Railway Restaurant Car Licence.
Any person who affixes or hangs up in a shop, room orplace a document falsely purporting to be a certified copy of
a licence issued under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction thereof to a
:fine not exceeding ten pounds, or to imprisonment for any period
not exceedi...'1g one month.
Any person who makes or uses, or allows to be made orused, any internal communication between any licensed
premises and unlicensed premises wbich are used for public
entertainment or resort or as a refreshment house, shall be
guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction thereof to a
fine not exceeding ten pounds, and a further fine not exceeding
one pound for every day during which such communication
remains open after an order from a Magistrate to close the same.
)...ny conviction for an offence under this section shall be recorded
on the Register of Licences.
(1) The Accountant General shall furnish the Commissioner of Police during the first week of each year, half-year orquarter respectively, with a list of aU licences granted under this
Ordinance in the Colony and the Commissioner shall cause to
be hung up in some conspicuous place at each police station of
each district in the Colony a copy of the list of licensed houses
in that district.
(2) The Treasury Sub-Accountant of each district in the
Protectorate shall furnish the Senior Police Officer stationed in
his district during the first week of each year, half-year or
quarter respectively, with a list of all licences granted under this
Ordinance in his district and such Police Officer shall cause to
be hung up in some conspicuous place at each police station
within his district a copy of the list of licensed houses in that
district.
Any licence holder who knowingly permits hispremises to be the habitual resort or place of meeting of reputed
prostitutes, whether the object of their so resorting or meeting
is or is not prostitution, shall, if he allow them to remain thereon
longer than is necessary for the purpose of obtaining reasonable
refreshment, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding, for the first offence,
ten pounds, and not exceeding, for the second and any subsequent offence, twenty pounds. Any conviction for an offence
under this section shall be recorded on the Register of Licences.
Any licence holder who is convicted of permi-~ting hispremises to be used as a brothel, shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable on conviction thereof to a fi1·1e not exceeding
twenty pounds, shall forfeit his licence and shall be disqualified
for life from holding any licence for the sale of intoxicating
liquors.
(a) knowingly harbours or knowingly suffers to remain on
his premises any constable in uniform during any part of the
time appointed for such constable to be on duty, unless for the
purpose of keeping or restoring order or in the execution of
his duty; or
(b) supplies any liquor or refreshment, whether by way of
gift or sale, to any constable in uniform unless by authority
of some superior police officer; or
(c) bribes or attempts to bribe any constable,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction thereof to
a fine not exceeding, for the first offence, ten pounds and not
exceeding for the second and any subsequent offence, twenty
pounds. Any conviction for an offence under this section shall
be recorded on the Register of Licences.
Any person who defaces or obliterates, or attempts todeface or obliterate, any record of a conviction on his licence,
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction thereof to
a fine not exceeding five pounds.
Clerk of the Magistrate or the Court C~erk of that District, a
Register, to be called the Register of Licences in such form as
may be prescribed by the Chairman of the Liquor Licensing
keeping
disorderly
house.
permitting
premises to
be used as a
brothel.
harbouring
constable.
Defacing
record of
conviction
c.n licences.
Recording
convictions
on Register
of Licences.
Omission to
record
conviction
on Register
of Licences.
Board, containing the particulars of all Liquor Licences granted
in the District, the premises in respect of which they were granted,
and the names of the holders for the time being of such licences.
(2) There shall be recorded in the Register all matters
directed by this Ordinance to be so recorded, including all
convictions, fo.rfeitures, and disqualifications of a licensed
person or premises.
(3) On any application for the grant (either as a new Licence
or by way of renewal or transfer) of a liquor Licence
under this Ordi..nance, the Liquor Licensing Board shall have
regard to any entry in any Register of Licences relating to either
the person by whom or to the premises in respect of which the
Licence is to be held.
(4) If any licence-holder against whom two or more convictions
for offences committed by him against this Ordinance have been
recorded in any one or more Registers of Licences is convicted
of any offence which is directed by this Ordinance to be recorded
in such Register of Licences, the licence of such licensed person
shall be forfeited and he shall be disqualified for the space of at
least one year from the date of such further conviction from
holding any licence under this Ordinance.
(5) A conviction for any offence under this Ordinance shall
not after five years from the date of such conviction be receivable
in evidence against any person for the purpose of subjecting
him to an increased penalty or to any forfeiture.
(6) Wherever in this Ordinance it is provided that a conviction
shall be recorded in the Register of Licences such record shall
be made by the Magistrate.
Ordinance directed to be recorded on the Register of Licences,
the fact of no such record having been made shall not, if such
conviction be otherwise proved to the satisfaction of the Court
having cognisance of any case under this Ordinance, exempt
such person trom any penalty to which such person would be
subject if such record had been duly made.
(2) On such proof, being given, the omitted conviction may
be recorded accordingly, and shall be deemed to have been duly
recorded in accordance with this Ordinance.
No action shall be brought or shall be maintainable inany Court to recover any debt or sum of money alleged to be
due in respect of the sale of any intoxicating liquor which was
consumed on the premises where sold or supplied, or in respect
of any money or goods lent or supplied, or of any security
given for, in, or towards the obtaining of any intoxicating liquor.
(1) No person shall bring on board any of Her Majesty'sships or vessels on, or near, the coast of Sierra Leone any
intoxicating liquor without the previous consent of the officer
commanding the ship or vessel.
(2) Any officer in Her Majesty's service, or warrant or petty
officer of the navy, or non-commissioned officer of marines,
with or without seamen or persons under his command, may
search any boat or vessel hovering about or approaching any
of Her Majesty's ships or vessels, and, if any intoxicating liquor
be found on board such boat or vessel, may seize such intoxicating liquor, and the same shall be forfeited to Her Majesty.
(3) Any person who brings any intoxicating liquor on board
any of Her Majesty's ships or vessels without such previous
consent, or approaches or loiters in the vicinity of any of
Her Majesty's ships or vessels for the purpose of bringing any
intoxicating liquor on board the same, without such previous
consent, or for the purpose of giving or selling, without such
previous consent, intoxicating liquor to men in Her Majesty's
service, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for every
such offence.
(4) Any officer in Her Majesty's service, or any wanant
or petty officer of the navy, or non-commissioned officer of
marines, or any constable, with or without any warrant or other
process, may apprehend or cause to be apprehended any person
so acting and bring him or cause him to be brought before a
Magistrate for the purpose of having the offender summarily
prosecuted therefor.
It shall not be necesssxy for any person to take out alicence for the sale of any foreign imported intoxicating liquor
while such intoxicating liquor shall be and remain in the
warehouse in which the same has been warehoused or deposited
according to law, before the payment of duty upon the
importation thereof, anything in this Ordinance to the contrary
notwithstanding:
Nonrecovery of
debt fo~
intoxicating
liquor consumed on
premises.
Prohibition
of bringing
liquor on
Her
Majesty's
ships.
Licence not
required for
sale in
warehouse.
Constable
may enter
premises for
enforcement
of
Ordinance.
Search
warrant for
detection of
liquors sold
or kept
contrary to
law.
Sched. G.
Provided always that every such sale shall be of not less
quantity at any one time than one hundred gallons of the liquor
so warehoused or deposited, and be made to one person or firm
carryi.'lg on trade or business in partnership.
(1) Any constable may, for the purpose of preventingor detecting the violation of any of the provisions of this
Ordinance, enter at all times on any licensed premises.
(2) Every person who, by himself, or by any person in
his employ, or acting by his direction, or with his consent, fails
to admit or obstructs any constable in the execution of his duty
demanding to enter in pursuance of this section, shall be guilty
of an offence and liable on conviction thereof to a fine not
exceeding, for the first offence, five pounds, and not exceeding,
for the second and any subsequent offence, twenty pounds.
47. {l) A Justice of the Peace or District Commissioner, if
satisfied by information on oath that there is reasonable ground
to believe that any intoxicating liquor is sold or bartered or
exposed or kept for sale or barter at any place within his
jurisdiction, whether a building or not, in which such liquor is
not authorised to be sold, may in his discretion grant a warrant,
in the form given in Schedule G, under his hand, by virtue
whereof it shall be lawful for any constable, at any time or times
between such hours as may be specified in the warrant and
within one month from the date thereof, to enter, if need be by
force, the place named in the warrant and every part thereof,
and examine the same and search for inxoticating liquor therein,
and seize and remove all intoYicating liquor found therein, which
there is reasonable ground to suppose is in such place for the
purpose of unlawful sale or barter at that or any other place and
the vessels containing such liquor; and in the event of the owner
or occupier of such premises being convicted of selling, bartering,
or exposing, or keeping for sale or barter any liquor which he
is not authorised to sell, the intoxicating liquor so seized and
the vessels containing such liquor shall be forfeited to Her
Majesty.
(2) When a constable has entered any premises in pursuance
of any such warrant, and has seized and removed such liquor,
any person found at the time on the premises shall, until the
contrary is proved, be deemed to have been on such premises
for the purpose of illegally dealing in intoxicating liquor, and
be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction thereof to a fine
not exceeding five pounds.
(3) Any constable may demand the name and address of any
of any person found on any premises on which he seizes, or
from which he removes, any liquor as in this section provided,
and if he has reasonable ground to suppose that the name or
address given is false, may require evidence of the correctness
of such name and address, and may if such person fail upon
such demand to give his name or address or to offer satisfactory
evidence of the correctness of such name and address, apprehend
him without warrant and take him as soon as practicable before
a Magistrate.
(4) Any person, required by a constable under this section
to give his name and address, who fails to give the same or gives
a false name or address, or makes a false statement with respect
to such name or address, shall be guilty of an offence and liable
on conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
In proving the sale or consumption of intoxicatingliquor for the purpose of any proceedings relati_ng to any offence
under this Ordinance, it shall not be necessary to show that 11ny
money actually passed or any intoxicating liquor was actually
consumed, if the Court hearing the case be satisfied that a
transaction in the nature of sale actually took place, or that any
consumption of intoxicating liquor was about to take place, and
proof of consumption or intended consumption of intoxicating
liquor on premises to which a licence under this Ordinance is
attached by some person other than the occupier of, or a servant
in, such premises, shall be evidence that such liquor was sold to
the person consuming or being about to consume, or carrying
away the same by, or on behalf of, the holder of such licence.
If any person being the manager for, or the servant of,or authorised to act for, a licence-holder shall do any act or thing
or be guilty of any omission which if done or omitted by the
lice11ce-holder would constitute an offence by the licence-holder
both such person and the licence holder shall be liable to the
penalties prescribed by this Ordinance for such offence, unless the
licence-holder shall prove that such act, thing or omission was
done or made without the knowledge or consent of the licenceholder"
Evidence of
sale or
consumption of
intoxicating
liquor.
Both
employer
and
employee
liable for
offences of
latter.
Every offence under this Ordinance shall be prosecuted Prosecutionfor offences.
and every penalty and forfeiture shall be recovered and enforced
before a Magistrate.
Power to
make Rules.
Sched. H.
Procedure
on appeals
to Supreme
Court.
(1) The Governor in Council may make rules for thefurther, better or more convenient carrying out of any of the
provisions or purposes of this Ordinance. Such rules may apply
to the whole of Sierra Leone or to any part or parts thereof.
(2) In particular, but without derogating from the generality
of the powers granted under sub-section (1), the Governor in
Council may make rules in respect of al1 or any of the following
matters-
(a) the sittings and procedure of Liquor Licensing Boards;
(b) the amendment of the forms and the scale of fees set
out in the Schedules to this Ordinance;
(c) the forms of notices applications and certificates, and
the fees to be paid therefor; and
(d) subject to the provisions of the proviso to sub-section
(1) of section 27, the variation of the hours for closing.
(3) Subject to the provisions of any rules made under this
section, Liquor Licensing Boards shall regulate their own
sittings and procedure. ·
(4) Except in so far as they may be revoked or varied by
rules made under sub-sections (1) or (2), the rules with regard
to fees set out in Schedule H shall be in force.
(5) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, the Chief
Justice may from time to time make, amend or revoke rules
for regulating the practice and procedure to be observed on
appeals to the Supreme Court under this Ordinance.
Subject to the provisions of any rules made under thelast preceding section, at the trial of any appeal to the Supreme
Court under this Ordinance, the procedure shall, as near as
circumstances will admit, be the same, and the Judge shall have
the same powers, jurisdiction and authority as if he were trying
a civil action, and witnesses shall be subpoenaed and sworn in
the same manner, as near as circumstances will admit, as in the
trial of a civil action in the Supreme Court, and shall be subject
to the same penalties for perjury.
SCHEDULE A.
FoRM oF NoTICE.
I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that .............................. of... ........................... has made application
for a certificate for a licence to sell ............................. .for consumption onjon or o:ffjo:ff
the premises ............................. .for a period of... .......................... .from the 1st day of
.................................... 19 ............ .
Any person objecting to the granting of the said certificate must on or
before the .................................... day of... ................................ .19 ............ , send to me (Chairman
of Board) and to ........................................................................ (the above-named applicant)
notice in writing of his intention to object to the grant of the said certificate
and together with such notice a statement in writing containing in general
terms the grounds of his opposition.
All objections of which notice as aforesaid has been given to the granting
of the certificate will be considered by the Liquor Licensing Board at
.................................... on the .................................... day of... ................................. l9 ............ .
Dated this .................................... day of... ................................. l9 ............ .
SCHEDULE B.
FORM OF CERTIFICATE.
To the Accountant General/Treasury Sub-Accountant,
Freetownf ............................................................ District.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, in pursuance of the Liquor Licensing Ordinance,
that the premises .............................. and occupied by.............................. are fit and proper
to be licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor and that the said ............................. .
is a suitable person to receive, in respect of the said premises, a licence
to ............................. .for............................. .from the first day o£. .................................. .19 ............ .
Dated this .................................... day o£. .................................. .19 ............ .
Sec. 8.
Sec. 13.
Sec. 15.
On and Off
Wholesale
Off Licence.
Retail
Off Licence.
Saloon-Bar
Hotel
Wine and
Beer On
or Off
Wine and
Beer Off
Occasional
Club
Railway
Restaurant
Car Licence.
SCALE OF FEES.
1. Licence to sell intoxicating liquor, to be consumed on or off the
premises:
(a) In the City of Freetown per year 75 0 0
per half-year 40 0 0
per quarter 25 0 0
(b) Outside the City of Freetown per year 30 0 0
per half-year 20 0 0
per quarter 12 0 0
2. Licence to sell intoxicating liquor in stores in quantities not less
than one gallon, not to be consumed on the premises :
(a) In the City of Freetown per year 50 0 0
per half-year 30 0 0
(b) Outside the City of Freetown per year 20 0 0
per half-year 15 0 0
3. Licence to sell intoxicating liquor in stores, m quantities of less
than one gallon, not to be consumed on the premises :
per year 25 0 0
per half-year 15 0 0
4. Saloon-Bar Licence to sell intoxicating liquor to be consumed on
the premises :
(a) In the City of Freetown per year 25 0 0
per half-year 15 0 0
per quarter 8 0 0
(b) Outside the City of Freetown per year 15 0 0
per half-year 8 0 0
per quarter 5 0 0
5. Hotel Licence per year 5 0 0
6. Licence to sell wine and beer, to be consumed on or off the premises:
(a) In the City of Freetown per year 5 0 0
(b) Outside the City of Freetown per year 3 0 0
7. Licence to sell wine and beer not to be consumed on the premises:
(a) In the City of Freetown per year 5 0 0
(b) Outside the City of Freetown per year 3 0 0
8. Occasional Licence for special occasions 1 0 0
9. Club Licence per year 5 0 0
10. Railway Restaurant Car Licence:
per year 12 10 0
per half-year 7 10 0
SCHEDULE D.
FoRMS oF LICENCES.
ON AND OFF LICENCE.
No .............................. . SIERRA LEONE
LICENCE IS HEREBY GRANTED to .......................................................................................... to sell
intoxicating liquor subject to the provisions of the Liquor Licensing Ordinance
at .................................... situated at ................................... .from the first day of... ................................ .
19 ............ , such intoxicating liquor being allowed to be consumed either on
or off the premises.
This licence expires on the .................................... day o£. .................................. .19 ............ , on
which date it is to be returned to this office.
Given under my hand at .............................. this .............................. day of. .................................. .
19 ............ .
Treas·ury Sub-Accountant.
WHOLESALE OFF LICENCE.
No .................................... . SIERRA LEONE
LICENCE IS HEREBY GRANTED to .................................................................................... to sell
intoxicating liquor, in quantities not being less than one gallon, subject to
the provisions of the Liquor Licensing Ordinance (at .......................................... stores,
situated at .................................... ), from the .................................... day o£.. .................................. 19 ............ ,
but such intoxicating liquor is not to be consumed on the premises.
This licence expires on the.............................. day of.................................... on which
date it is to be returned to this office.
Given under my hand at .............................. this .................................... day of............................. .
RETAIL OFF LICENCE.
No .................................... .
LICENCE IS HEREBY GRANTED to .............................................................................. the holder
of a Wholesale Off Licence to sell intoxicating liquor, in quantities less than
one gallon, subject to the provisions of the Liquor Licensing Ordinance
(at .......................................... stores, situated at .................................... ) from the ............................. day
of.................................... 19 ............ , but such intoxicating liquor is not to be consumed
on the premises.
Amount paid £............................................................ .
This licence expires on the .............................. day of... ................................. on which
date it is to be returned to this office.
Given under my hand at .............................. this .................................... day of... ......................... ..
Account General or
Sec. 15.
Sec. 6 (1) (a).
Sec. 6 (l) (b).
Sec. 6 (!) (c).
Sec. 6 (1) (d).
Seo. 6 (1) (e).
SALOON-BAR LICENCE.
No .................................... .
A SALOON-BAR LICENCE IS HEREBY GRANTED to ................................................................ ..
to keep from the .............................. day of.. .................................. a Saloon Bar at ............................ ..
in ............................. .for the purpose of selling on the premises intoxicating liquor,
to be consumed on the premises, subject to the provisions of the Liquor
Licensing Ordinance.
This licence expires on the .............................. day of... ................................. on which
date it is to be returned to this office.
Given under my hand at .............................. this .................................... day of... .......................... .
HOTEL LICENCE.
No .................................... .
LICENCE IS HEREBY GRANTED to .................................................................................................... ..
who is the holder of a Saloon-bar Licence in respect of... .................................................. .
of... ........................... to sell intoxicating liquor by retail to persons lodging in or
taking meals in the hotel to be consumed therein on Christmas Day, Good
Friday, or Sunday, between the hours of 11.00 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. and
between the hours of 6.00 p.m. and 11.00 p.m.
Amount paid £.......................................................... ..
This licence is granted subject to the provisions of the Liquor Licensing
Ordinance, 1958.
This licence expires on the .............................. day of... ...................................... .19 ........... ,
or at such earlier time as the person hereby licensed ceases to hold a Saloonbar Licence in respect of the aforesaid premises.
On expiration this licence is to be returned to this office.
Given under my hand at .............................. this ....................................day of... ......................... ..
19............ .
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Liquor Licensing [Cap. 238 2555
WINE AND BEER ON AND OFF LICENCE. Sec. 6 (1) (f).
No.......... SIERRA LEONE
LICENCE IS HEREBY GRANTED to.. ........................................ ......... to sell wine
and beer to be consumed on or off the premises subject to the provisions of
the Liquor Licensing Ordinance, at ................................... .from the .................................... day
of... ................................. 19
Amount paid £ ......................................................... ..
This licence expires on the....... .. ........... day of... ................................ .l9 .......... , on
which date it is to be returned to this office.
Given under my hand at .......................... this .................................... day of............................ ..
.................................... 19 ............ .
WINE AND BEER OFF LICENCE.
No ................................... . SIERRA LEONE
LICENCE IS HEREBY GRANTED to ........................................................................ to sell wine
and beer subject to the provisions of the Liquor Licensing Ordinance,
at .............................. , from the .............................. day of... ................................. 19 ............ , but such
wine and beer is not to be consumed on the premises.
This licence expires on the................. ...day of... ................................. 19 ............ , on
which date it is to be returned to this office.
Given under my hand at ............................ , this ............................ day .................................... of
.................................... 19 ............ .
OccASIONAL LICENCE.
AN OCCASIONAL LICENCE IS HEREBY GRANTED to ......................................................... ..
on the occasion of.. ............................ to sell intoxicating liquor at .................................. ..
between the hours of... ........................... and .............................. on the .............................. day of
................................... .19 ............ , to be consumed in or at such locality and not elsewhere,
subject to the provisions of the Liquor Licensing Ordinance.
Given under my hand at .............................. this .................................... day of.. .......................... .
S.L,-VoL. IV-40
Sec. 6 (l) (g).
Sec. 6 (1) (h).
Sec. 6 (1) (i).
1-iec. 6 (1) (j).
1-iec. 6 (1) (k).
Cap. 238] Liquor Licensing ~~~-~~~~~~-- ~~~~-~~~~-~
CA~TEEN LICEXCE.
LICENCE IS HEREBY GRANTED to... ......................... Owner/Tenant
of the Canteen at ......... to sell intoxicating liquor between the hours
of. ............................... on any day of the year within the said Canteen to .. H......... .
subject to the provisions of the Liquor Licensing Ordinance, until this
licence is revoked.
Given under my hand at Freetown this ............................. clay of....
19.
Accountant General.
CLUB LICENCE.
LICENUE IS HEREBY GRANTED t.o .....
of the .............................. Club to sell intoxicating liquor, being the property of
the members of the Club, to the members of the Club and their guests at
.......................... (or on premises temporarily occupied by the Club, provided at
least 24 hours' notice is given to the Senior Police Officer stationed in the
district), subject to the provisions of the Liquor Licem;ing Ordinance.
Amount paid £................................................... .
This licence expires on the......... ......... day of HOOH .................... .1 9 ....... , on
which date it is to be returned to this office .
Given under my hand at. ........... this ...... .
19 ........... .
... day of
Treasury Sub-Accm~ntant.
RAILWAY REt>TAURANT CAR LICENCE.
LICENCE IS HEREBY GRANTED to... ...................................... to sell
by retail from the ............................ day of....... ........ .1\J. ...... , on a Restaurant
Car on the Sierra Leone Railway intoxicating liquor to passengers travelling
on the train to be consumed on the train, subject to the provisions of the
Liquor Licensing Ordinance.
Amount paid £ ........................................................ .
This licence expires on the........ ......... day of... .......................... .19.. ...... ,
unless it is sooner cancelled by the Governor.
Given under my hand at Freetown this
19............ . 0000H000000Hoday of 0000 OH00000000000000000000000
Accountant General.
SCHEDULE E.
FoRM oF NoTICE.
I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that .......................................................... of... ....................................... has
made application for a certificate that the licence obtained by him to sell
........................... .for consumption, onjon or off/off the premises, for a period
of... ........................ .from the first day of... .............................. l9 ......... , may be transferred
to the premises ........................... .for the remainder of the period for which the said
licence bas been issued.
Any pen.;on objecting to the granting of the said certificate must on or
before the ............................. day of................................... .l9 ............ , send to me (Chairman of
Liquor Licensing Board) and to ............................................................................................................... ..
(the above-named applicant) notice in writing of his intention to object to
the grant of the said certificate and together with such notice, a statement in
writing containing in general terms the grounds of his opposition.
All objections, of which notice as aforesaid has been given, to the
granting of the certificate, will be considered by the Liquor Licensing Board
at .............................. on the .............................. day o£... ................................. 19 ............ .
Dated this ...........................day o£... ................................. 19 ............ .
SCHEDULE F.
FoRM oF CERTIFICATE.
To: The Accountant General/Treasury Sub-Accountant,
Freetown/ .................................................................................. District.
I HEREBY CERTIFY, in pursuance of the Liquor Licensing Ordinance,
that .......................................................................................... of... ........................................... ..is a suitable person
to whom the licence obtained by ............................................................ of... ............................................. to
sell............................. .for consumption onjon or off/off the premises ............................. .
from the first day of... ................................ .l9 ............ , may be transferred (or that the
premises to which .............................................................................. of... .............................................................. .
applied that the licence obtained by him to selL .......................... .for consumption
on/on or off/off the premises from the first day o£... ................................ .19 ............ ,
be transferred are fit and proper to be licensed).
Dated this ............................ day o£... ................................. 19 ............ .
S.L.-VoL. IV-40*
Sec. 19.
Sec. 20.
Sec. 47.
Sec. 5l.
SCHEDULE G.
SEARCH WARRANT FOR INTOXICATING LIQUOR.
To: The Commissioner of Police and the Constables of Sierra Leone.
You ARE HEREBY COMMANDED at any time or times between the hours of
.............................. and .............................. within one month from the date hereof to enter,
if need be by force, any part of the premises occupied by .............................. and
situate at .............................. and to examine the same and search for intoxicating
liquor therein, and to seize and remove any intoxicating liquor found therein,
which there is reasonable ground to suppose is therein for the purpose of
unlawful sale or barter, and to seize and remove the vessels containing the
same.
Dated this .............................. day of... .............................. .19 ..... .
SCHEDULE H.
Justice of the Peace or
District Commissioner.
1. In respect of a notice under section 7 (2) or section 19 (2) of the
Ordinance there shall be paid by the applicant before the notice is issued a
fe6 of 2s. 6d.
2. In respect of a certificate under sections 11 or 19 of the Ordinance
there shall be paid by the applicant before the certificate is granted a fee
of 5s.
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