Prohibition of sale of liquor to person under eighteen years

(1) No licence holder shall sell or deliver or allow any person to sell or deliver any description of liquor as defined in section 2 of this Act to any person under eighteen years. (2) No person shall send any person under the age of eighteen years to any licensed premises or place where liquor is sold, delivered or distributed for the purpose of purchasing, obtaining or taking delivery of any liquor. (3) No licence holder shall employ a member of his family or his servant or apprentice below the age of eighteen years, as a messenger to sell or deliver liquor. (3A) Every holder of a licence issued under this Act or an employee of such a licence holder shall, before selling liquor to any person, ascertain and be satisfied that the person is over the age of eighteen years. (3B) Every holder of a nightclub license, malt liquor license or publican’s special licence shall, before admitting any person into any premises operated under such licence, ascertain and be satisfied that the person is over the age of eighteen years. (3C) In ascertaining the age of any person pursuant to subsection (3A) or (3B), of this section, it shall be lawful for the licence holder or the employee of licence holder to demand an identity card from the person before selling any liquor to such person or admitting such person into the premises. (4) Any person who acts in contravention of this section commits an offence. 38 (5) It is hereby declared that an offence under this section shall be an offence of strict liability and in any prosecution for such offence, (a) it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to prove that the accused person had knowledge that the person in respect of whom the offence was committed was under the age of 18 years; and (b) it shall not be a defence for the accused person to prove that he had no such knowledge.