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2 It shall not be lawful for any officer of excise in Ireland to grant a licence or transfer of a licence for the sale of beer, ale, or porter to be drunk or consumed elsewhere than on the premises where sold, or to grant a renewal of any such licence as aforesaid to any person whomsoever, in respect of any premises, unless upon the production of a certificate that such premises, with premises belonging thereto and occupied therewith, if any, are rated for the relief of the poor for a sum of eight pounds or upwards, or in respect of any premises situate in any city or town, as defined by the Licensing Act (Ireland), 1874, containing a population exceeding ten thousand, according to the then last parliamentary census, unless upon the production of a certificate that such premises, with the premises belonging thereto and occupied therewith, if any, are rated for the relief of the poor in a sum of fifteen pounds or upwards; nor unless upon the production of a certificate that such rated premises, wherever situate, have been in the exclusive occupation of such person for a period of three months at the least immediately preceding the date of such certificate. Every such certificate as is mentioned in this section shall be signed by two or more justices of the peace presiding at the petty sessions of the district in which such person resides, or, if in the Dublin Metropolitan Police district, by a divisional justice of the district in which such person resides. All applications for such certificates shall be made in the same manner, and subject to the like conditions, as to appeal and otherwise (so far as the same are applicable), as are prescribed by the Beerhouses (Ireland) Act, 1864, in relation to applications for certificates under the said Act, as the same are amended by the Licensing Act (Ireland), 1874.
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