Section 17, The Liquor Licensing Short title Ordinance

( 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.