SUMMARY JURISDICTION (IRELAND) ACT 1908 - SECT 9 Penalty on persons found drunk in charge of children.

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SUMMARY JURISDICTION (IRELAND) ACT 1908 - SECT 9

Penalty on persons found drunk in charge of children.

9.(1) Any person found drunk in any place, whether a building or not, to which
the public have access, whether on payment or not, or on any licensed
premises, while in charge of a child apparently under the age of seven years,
may be apprehended, and shall, if the child is under that age, be guilty of an
offence under this section, and be liable, on summary conviction, [to a fine
not exceeding [#50] or to imprisonment for any period not exceeding one month
or to both such fine and such imprisonment].

(2) If the child appears to the court to be under the age of seven, the child
shall, for the purpose of this section, be deemed to be under that age unless
the contrary is proved.

Subs.(3) rep. by 1971 c.13 (NI) s.86(5) sch.12 Pt.I; 1972 NI 14 art.109(3)
sch.18

S.10 rep. by 1953 c.14 (NI) s.1(2); 1971 c.13 (NI) s.86(5) sch.12 Pt.I. S.11
rep. by SLR 1980. S.12 rep. by 1923 c.9 (NI) s.5(4) sch.2

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SUMMARY JURISDICTION (IRELAND) ACT 1908 - SECT 9