Forfeiture of licence on conviction for felony, etc

If any licence holder, (a) is convicted of felony, perjury or other infamous offence; or (b) holding a publican’s general licence or a malt liquor and cider licence, or a hotel licence, permits any person to manage, superintend or conduct the business of such premises during his absence for a longer period than twenty- eight days in any one year without the previous consent in writing of the Chairperson of the Board or, whether present in such premise or not, permits any unlicensed person to be in effect the keeper thereof or allows such premises to become ruinous or dilapidated, the court of summary jurisdiction in the district in which the licensed premises are situate, upon complaint thereof and proof of the facts aforesaid, shall, by an order in the form of the Eighth Schedule, declare such licence to be forfeited, and it shall thereupon be void, 42 Provided that if the complaint has been made on the ground that the licensed premises have become ruinous and dilapidated, and that condition was caused by fire, tempest or other cause beyond the control of the licence holder, the licence shall not be forfeited until a reasonable time has elapsed for the restoration of the premises.