Short Title. Interpretation LAWS OF BARBADOS CAP. XII. (Assented to 10th March 1890,) BARBADOS. An Act to consolidate the Acts relating to the keeping of places of public entertain ment. E it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly of this Island, and by the authority of the same, as follows; Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Licensed Places of Public Entertainment Act, 1890." Interpretation. 2. The term "place of public entertainment" when used in this Act shall mean any house, room, garden, or other place habitually kept, although not at stated intervals, for public dancing or other public entertainment in which the public may join on payment of money either directly or indirectly. License. No person to keep 3 No person shall in any year have, keep, a place of Public or open any place of public entertainment entertainment with unless and until he has in manner hereout obtaining annu inafter provided, previously in such year, ally a license. obtained a license for that purpose. Penalty on in- 4. Every person who infringes the profringing section 3. visions of the last preceding section of this Act, shall for every offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. Mode of obtain. ing a license. 5. Every person who desires to obtain a license to keep a house, room, garden, or other place of public entertainment shall in each year in which he desires to obtain such SESSION OF 1889-'90. license comply with the following require- (1) he shall produce and leave with the 6. Every person who complies with the Their form and provisions of the preceding section shall given by Colonial receive from the Colonial Treasurer, who is Treasurer. hereby authorized and required to give the same, a license in the form in the schedule narked 'A' to this Act; which license shall effect. authorize such person to keep a place of public entertainment from the date of such license up to and inclusive of the thirtyfirst day of December in the year in which such license is given. 7. The license mentioned in the last preceding section shall not be transferable. Removal. 8. Whenever any person holding a license under the provisions of this Act shall be desirous to remove from the place of public entertainment in respect of which such license was originally granted, before doing so, he shall have the consent of the police magistrate of the district in which the place to which he intends to remove is situated; provided always that no more than two such removals shall be permitted in any one year. Licenses not transferable. Removal of li. cense holder from one place to another Penalty. Signboards. Who to be deemed LAWS OF BARBADOS 9. Whoever shall infringe the provisions. of the last preceding section shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. Signboard. 10. Every person who keeps a place of public entertainment shall exhibit on some public part of the premises a signboard having the words "Licensed Place of Public Entertainment No " and the number of his license painted thereon in white letters of not less than three inches in height on a black ground. Who deemed to be keeper. 11. Any person who shall appear, act, or the keeper of any behave himself or herself as master or misplace of public en tress, or as the person having the care, tertainment. premises with the government or management of any place of public entertainment shall be deemed and taken to be the keeper thereof, and shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished as such; notwithstanding he or she shall not in fact be the real owner or keeper thereof. No license if house on premises with liquor shop. No place of pub- 12. No house, room, garden, or other lic entertainment to place on the same premises with the shop of be on the same a licensed retailer of liquors shall be licensed shop of a licensed as a place of public entertainment under a retailer of liquors. penalty not exceeding one pound for every day that such licensed place of public entertainment is kept on the same premises with the shop of a licensed retailer of liquors. License when cancelled. License of keeper 13. Any householder residing within of public entertain- four hundred yards of any place of public ment prejudicial to the peace and quiet entertainment, may lodge a complaint before of any neighbour- a police magistrate against the keeper of such SESSION OF 1889-'90, residing within 400 licensed place of public entertinment for hood may be cancausing the disturbance of the peace and celled on complaint quiet of the neighbourhood and if upon the of any householder hearing of such complaint, such police mag- yards thereof. istrate shall be of opinion that or account of the misconduct of those frequenting or attending such place of public entertainment, or on account of the musical performance, held at such place of public entertainment, or from any reasonable or sufficient cause whatsoever the keeping of such place of public entertainment is prejudicial to the peace and quiet of such neighbourhood, he shall cancel the license of such keeper and impose upon him a fine not exceeding five pounds. Exemption from license. 14 Nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to the case of persons casually visiting the Island, and giving any public entertainment. Penalties Cases excepted from the Act. Penalty for viola of Act for which a 15. Every person violating any of the provisions of this Act for the violation of tion of provisions which no penalty is expressly provided, penalty not express shall on conviction thereof be liable for every ly provided. such offence to a penalty not exceeding five pounds. Penalties how re⚫ 16. All penalties under this Act shall be recovered in a summary manner before a covered. police magistrate on the complaint of any person, and paid one half to the informer and one half into the public treasury to the credit of the general revenue. Repeal 17. The Acts mentioned in schedule "B" to this Act annexed are hereby repealed; provided that this repeal shall not affect; Repeal and sav. ings. LAWS OF BARBADOS 1. The past operation of the enactments hereby repealed nor anything done or suffered under the enactments hereby repealed; nor 2. any right, privilege, obligation, or liability acquired, accrued, or incurred under the enactments hereby repealed; nor 3. any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment incurred in respect of any offence committed against the enactments hereby repealed; nor 4. any investigation, legal proceeding or remedy in respect of any such right, privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture, or punishment as aforesaid, and any such investigation, legal proceeding and remedy may be carried on as if this Act had not passed. THE LICENSED PLACES OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT ACT, 1890. of of I do hereby certify that in the parish or City having this day paid in the sum of one pound is hereby licensed to keep a at December 18 for public entertainment in the parish or City of until the 31st day of Colonial Treasurer. [NOT TRANSFERABLE.] |