Liquor sales (1871) (WA)

WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

ANNO TRICESIMO QUARTO

VICTORIA, REGINA,.

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No. XVIII.

AN ACT to prevent the sale, by Unlicensed Persons, of

Spirituous and Fermented Liquors.

[ 12th January, 1871. ]

HEREAS the sale of Spirits by unlicensed persons, under Spirits for others residing in the country, is a serious and growingW pretence that they have received commissions to purchase	Preamble.
evil in this Colony; And whereas it is expedient to prevent such sales under such pretences ; Be it therefore enacted, by the Governor of Western Australia and its Dependencies, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof:—
1 THAT it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace, upon an information being laid before him that any unlicensed	List of names of persons
suspected of selling spirits, &c., without a license, to be
person or persons is or are suspected of selling or otherwise dis-	affixed on Court House or
posing of spirituous or fermented liquors, upon proof to the	Police Station, or otherplace
satisfaction of such Justice that such person or persons has or have	in district.

34° VICTORI/E, No. 18.

Spirituous and Fermented Liquors.

been previously convicted of a like offence, to cause to be affixed or posted up on the Court House door, Police Station, or some other conspicuous place in his district, a list of the name or names of persons so suspected of selling spirituous or fermented liquors in the manner above stated.

2 THAT it shall be lawful for any police officer or constable

Any constable may search	thereafter to search at any time the person, cart, dray, or other
pel-son, cart, dray, or other
veinele, and seize spirits.	vehicle of the person or persons whose names shall appear in such list, without having first obtained a search warrant, and to seize any spirituous or fermented liquor found on any such person or persons or in any such cart, dray, or vehicle.

THAT upon complaint being made to a Justice of the Peace,

fenced' liquors, it shall be lawful for the said Justice of the Peace to order Spirits suited. may be for- by the police officer or constable so finding such spirits or fermented

the spirits or fermented liquors so seized to be forfeited, and in addition, to impose a fine, not exceeding Fifty Pounds (to be recovered before any one or more Justice or Justices of the Peace), upon any such unlicensed person or persons on whose person or in whose cart, dray, or vehicle the same may be found.

PERTH:

By Authority : RICHARD "'ETHER, Government Printer.