Grounds of objection to registration or renewal of certificate

(1) The court shall not consider any objection to the grant or renewal of a certificate unless it is taken upon one or more of the following grounds, (a) that the Chairperson or secretary, or any official or member of the committee of management or governing body, does not bear a good character; 11 (b) that the premises are unsuitable for the purposes of a club; (c) that the application made by the club, or its rules, or any of them, are, in any respect specified in the objection, not in conformity with the provisions of this Act; (d) that the club has ceased to exist, or that the number of members is less than twenty-five; (e) that it is not conducted in good faith as a club, or that it is kept or habitually used for any unlawful purpose, or mainly for the supply of excisable liquor; (f) that there is frequent drunkenness on the club premises, or that persons are frequently seen to leave the club premises in a state of intoxication, or that the club is conducted in a disorderly manner; (g) that illegal sales of excisable liquor have taken place on the club premises; (h) that persons who are not members are habitually admitted to the club merely for the purpose of obtaining excisable liquor; (i) that the club occupies premises in respect of which within twelve months next preceding the formation of the club, a publican’s general licence has been forfeited or the renewal of a certificate for an hotel licence, or a publican’s general hotel licence or a publican’s general licence has been refused under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Act, Cap. 150, or in respect of which an order has been made that they shall not be used for the purposes of any club; (j) that persons are habitually admitted as members without an interval of at least fourteen days between the nomination and the admission; (k) in the case of a members’ club, that the supply of excisable liquor to the club is not under the control of the members or the committee appointed by the members; (l) that any of the rules of the club are habitually broken; (m) that after 31st May, 1964, the club or its management has denied membership or admission as a guest to at least one applicant on the ground of colour, race or creed; or (n) that the rules of the club are not in conformity with section 9 of this Act. (2) For the purpose of determining whether a club is conducted in good faith as a club, the court shall have regard to the nature of the premises occupied by the club and any other fact.