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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 50



50.(1) Where a person is found on licensed premises outside the
permitted hours or any period such as is mentioned in section 48,

(a)he shall, unless he proves that he is there for a lawful purpose, be guilty
of an offence; and

(b)the holder of the licence if, himself or by his servant or agent, he
permits that person to be there and does not prove that he is there for a
lawful purpose shall be guilty of an offence;

(2) Where, on being asked by a constable for his name and address, a person
found on licensed premises outside the permitted hours or such a period as
aforesaid

(a)refuses to give them; or

(b)gives a false name or address; or

(c)refuses to answer satisfactorily any question put to him to ascertain the
correctness of the name or address given,

(3) A constable may arrest without warrant any person whom he with reasonable
cause suspects of having committed an offence under subsection (2).


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