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30.—(1) A registered club shall not hold, in the premises of the club, any function unless—
(a)the function is for the benefit of the club as a whole;
(b)the function is related to the objects of the club;
(c)the function is organised by the club; and
(d)only members of the club and their guests are present at the function.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any function—
(a)where the whole proceeds of the function, after deducting the expenses of the function, are devoted to charitable or benevolent purposes;
(b)which is organised by a registered club for a member and at which only the member and his guests are present.
(3) If paragraph (1) is contravened—
(a)the registered club; and
(b)every person entered in the register of clubs as an official or member of the committee of management or governing body of the club at the time of the contravention;
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(4) In any proceedings for an offence by reason of a contravention of paragraph (1) it shall be a defence for a person to prove that the contravention occurred without his consent or connivance and that he exercised due diligence to prevent it.
(5) In this Article, club includes any separate branch or section of a club.
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