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Article 76 Persons found on unlicensed premises, etc.

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(1)

Where on any premises or in any place any liquor is sold or made available for purchase or permitted to be consumed in contravention of Article 57, 59 or 60, any person found there shall, unless he proves that he is there for a lawful purpose, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(2)

Where, on being asked by a constable for his name and address, a person found as mentioned in paragraph (1)—

(a)

refuses to give them; or

(b)

gives a false name or address; or

(c)

refuses to answer satisfactorily any question put to him to ascertain the correctness of the name or address given,

he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.