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XIIIWhen Billiard Playing shall not be allowed.

And be it enacted, That every Person keeping any public Billiard Table or Bagatelle Board, or Instrument used in any Game of the like Kind, whether he be the Holder of a Victualler's Licence or licensed under this Act, who shall allow any Person to play at such Table, Board, or Instrument after One and before Eight of the Clock in the Morning of any Day, or at any Time on Sundays, Christmas Day, or Good Friday, or any Day appointed to be kept as a Public Fast. or Thanksgiving; and every Person holding a Victualler's Licence who shall allow any Person to play at such Table, Board, or Instrument kept on the Premises specified in such Victualler's Licence at any Time when such Premises are not by Law allowed to be open for the Sale of Wine, Spirits, or Beer, or other fermented or distilled Liquors, shall be liable to the Penalties herein provided in the Case of Persons keeping such public Billiard Table, Bagatelle Board, or Instrument as aforesaid for public Use without Licence; and during those Times when Play at such Table, Board, or Instrument is not allowed by this Act every House licensed under this Act, and every Billiard Room in every House specified in any Victualler's Licence, shall be closed, and the keeping of the same open, or allowing any Person to play therein or thereat, at any of the Times or on any of the Days during which such Play is not allowed by this Act, shall be deemed in each Case an Offence against the Tenor of the Licence of the Person so offending.