Dancing in town after midnight

(1) The occupier of any house or building in a town in which a dance is held after the hour of twelve midnight of any day shall, at least twelve hours before the commencement thereof, apply for and obtain from the Commissioner of Police or other chief officer of police of the district in which the house or building is situate, a permit to hold it. (2) A member of the Police Department may enter into any house or building in which a dance is being held after the hour of twelve midnight and require the occupier to produce the permit to hold the same for his inspection. Failure to produce a permit on such requirement shall be deemed a failure to obtain a permit under subsection (1) of this section. (3) Every occupier of a house or building who holds any dance, or permits any dance to be held in any such house or building in his occupation, without obtaining a permit as required by this section is guilty of an offence and is on summary conviction liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. (4) If in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police or such other chief officer of police the holding of the dance will cause unreasonable annoyance or disturbance in the neighborhood, 39 he may refuse to grant a permit to hold it and thereupon the occupier may forthwith appeal to the magistrate of the district in a summary manner. (5) “Dance” includes any exhibition, performance, amusement or other like entertainment at which any musical instrument is played and to which the public is admitted for Division 3 Indecency, Obscenity, Printers, and Publishers Names, etc.