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PART I.
PROHIBITED HOURS.
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Extension of prohibited hours.
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1.—(1) From and after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person to sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor or to open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor on any day not being a Saturday, Sunday, Good Friday, Christmas Day or St. Patrick's Day before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning or after the hour of 10 o'clock in the evening, or on any day being Saturday before the hour of nine o'clock in the morning or after the hour of half-past nine in the evening.
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This sub-section shall not apply to any licensed person who is the owner or lessee of a theatre, music hall or other place of public amusement.
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(2) Where any business other than the sale of intoxicating liquors is carried on in any licensed premises the whole of such premises shall be closed during the hours in which the sale of intoxicating liquor is prohibited by this section, unless the portion of such premises in which such sale is carried on is structurally separated from the remainder thereof.
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(3) From and after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful for any person to sell or expose for sale any intoxicating liquor or to open or keep open any premises for the sale of intoxicating liquor on Christmas Day, Good Friday or St. Patrick's Day. This sub-section shall apply to hotels with the modification that it shall not operate to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquor to a lodger in the hotel at and for consumption with a meal.
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(4) From and after the passing of this Act no person shall be admitted to any theatre, music hall or other place of amusement licensed for the sale of intoxicating liquor after the hour of half-past nine in the evening unless either—
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(a) he has previously engaged or paid for a seat in that theatre, music hall, or place of public amusement for the performance or entertainment then in progress; or
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(b) he is employed in that theatre, music hall, or place of public amusement or has business with a person so employed.
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(5) From and after the passing of this Act the fact that a person is a bona fide traveller within the meaning of the Licensing (Ireland) Acts, 1833 to 1905 shall not entitle him to purchase or be supplied with intoxicating liquor—
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(a) between the hours of seven o'clock in the morning and one o'clock in the afternoon on any Sunday, or
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(b) at any time on Christmas Day or Good Friday.
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(6) Nothing in this section shall vary or impair the rights enjoyed by the holders of licences for hotels and restaurants within the Dublin Metropolitan Police district under the Hotels, and Restaurants (Dublin) Act, 1910.
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