Section 27, The Liquor Licensing Short title Ordinance

(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.