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LICENSING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1971 - SECT 69

Persons found on unlicensed premises, etc.

69.(1) Where on any premises or in any place any liquor is sold or made
available for purchase or permitted to be consumed in contravention of
section 52, 53 or 54, any person found there shall, unless he proves that he
is there for a lawful purpose, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding #100.

(2)Where, on being asked by a constable for his name and address, a person
found as mentioned in subsection (1)

(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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