Beerhouses (Ireland) Act, 1864

Prohibitions, &c. as to hours for sale of beer, &c., to be consumed on the premises, extended to persons licensed to sell beer, not to be consumed on the premises.

8 & 9 Vict. c. 64. s. 2. 17 & 18 Vict. c. 89. s. 12.

6. All the prohibitions, penalties, and forfeitures now in force in Ireland with respect to the hours during which licensed houses may be lawfully kept open for the sale of wine, spirits, ale, beer, or cider, by retail, to be drunk or consumed on the premises, shall extend to and be applicable to persons licensed to sell beer by retail, not to be drunk or consumed upon the premises where sold: And in like manner all and singular the rights, powers, and authorities given to any justice of the peace, police officer, or constable, in and by the second section of an Act passed in the eighth and ninth years of the reign of Her Majesty, chapter sixty-four, and in and by the twelfth section of the Spirits (Ireland) Act, 1854, and the several fines, forfeitures, pains, and penalties contained in the said sections in relation to the offences therein respectively set forth, shall extend and be applicable to such licensed persons, and the houses and premises in which the sale of beer is so carried on, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes, as if the said provisions of the said sections of the said Acts had been herein repeated and specially enacted with reference to persons licensed to sell beer by retail, to be drunk and consumed elsewhere than on the premises where sold, and to the sale of beer by such persons for consumption on their premises, save that the mode of recovering and applying any penalty shall be as hereinafter enacted.