Beerhouses (Ireland) Act, 1864

Wholesale dealers in beer not to keep open their premises at night.

8 & 9 Vict. c. 64. s. 2.

17 & 18 Vict. c. 89. s. 12.

11. Any person licensed to sell beer by wholesale, to be consumed off the premises where sold, who shall keep his house or premises open for the sale of beer between the hours of seven o’clock in the evening and seven o’clock in the morning, shall during the said hours be subject to the same supervision by justices of the peace, police officers, and constables as persons licensed to sell beer by retail, to be consumed off the premises where sold, are by this Act subjected to; and all and singular the rights, powers, and authorities given to any such justice, officer, or constable in and by the second section of the Act passed in the eighth and ninth years of Her Majesty's reign, chapter sixty-four, and 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 wholesale dealers in beer, and the houses and premises in which they shall carry on, or purport to carry on, the sale of beer during the hours aforesaid, as fully and effectually, and 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 wholesale, to be consumed off the premises where sold, who shall keep open their houses or premises for the sale of beer during the hours aforesaid, save that the mode of recovering and applying any penalty shall be as is herein-before provided in respect to other penalties imposed by this Act.