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Penalties where a person is found on licensed premises when they are required to be closed
Cap. 150, s. 30 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Any person who, not being,
(a) one of the family or a servant of the licence
(b) a bona fide guest occupying a room on such
(c) a bona fide traveler; or
(d) a person whose presence on the licensed premises is not in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act,
is found on any licensed premises at any time during the period when such licensed premises are required to be closed commits an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding ten dollars.
(2) Any police officer may demand the name and address of any person found on any licensed premises at any time during the period when such premises are required by this Act to be closed and, if he has reasonable ground to suppose that the name or address given is false, may require evidence of the correctness of the name and address, and he may, if such person fails upon demand to give his name and address or such evidence, apprehend him without warrant and carry him as soon as practicable before a summary jurisdiction court.
(3) Every such person who, on being required by a police officer under this section to give his name and address, fails to give the same, or gives a false name or address, or gives false evidence with respect to such name and address, commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
(4) Every person who by falsely representing himself to be a traveler or a lodger buys or obtains, or attempts to buy or obtain, at any licensed premises any liquor at any time during the period when the premises are required to be closed by this 32 Act commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
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