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REGISTRATION OF CLUBS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1967 - SECT 23



23.(1) Where intoxicating liquor is ... supplied to any member or other person
on the premises of an unregistered club, every person who

(a)... supplies such liquor; or

(b)authorises the ... supply of such liquor; or

(c)pays for such liquor,

(2) Where intoxicating liquor is kept for ... supply on the premises of an
unregistered club

(a)that liquor and any vessels containing that liquor may be seized by any
member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary under a warrant granted by a justice
of the peace after examination on oath of a credible witness to the fact that
such liquor is so kept;

(b)every officer and member of the club shall, unless he proves to the
satisfaction of the court that such liquor was so kept without his knowledge
or against his consent, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary
conviction [to a fine not exceeding #100]; and

(c)the liquor and the vessels containing the liquor shall, on a conviction
under paragraph (b), be forfeited and sold and the proceeds of such sale shall
be applied in like manner as a fine under section 20 of the Administration of
Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

(3) The references to an offence in subsection (2)(b) are references to an
offence under this section or under the corresponding provisions of any
enactment repealed by this Act.


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