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Licensing Act 1872

1872 CHAPTER 94 35 and 36 Vict

An Act for Regulating the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors.

Preliminary

1 Short title.

This Act may be cited as “The Licensing Act 1872.

2 Extent of Act.

This Act shall not extend to Scotland.

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Offences against Public Order

12 Penalty on persons found drunk.

Every person found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding F2level 1 on the standard scale, and on a second conviction within a period of twelve months shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding F2level 1 on the standard scale, and on a third or subsequent conviction within such period of twelve months be liable to a penalty not exceeding F2level 1 on the standard scale.

Every person . . . F3 who is drunk while in charge on any highway or other public place of any carriage, horse, cattle, or steam engine, or who is drunk when in possession of any loaded firearms, F4... shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings, or in the discretion of the court to imprisonment . . . F5 for any term not exceeding one month.

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13—18.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

19–22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

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25, 26.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

27, 28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

29–34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

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36–38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

40–45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

47–74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

Application of certain of the preceding Provisions of this Act to Ireland

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77†Application to Ireland of certain provisions of the Act with modifications.

The preceding provisions of this Act with respect to offences against public order shall extend to Ireland.

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Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6Unreliable marginal note

C7Reference to Ireland to be construed as exclusive of Republic of Ireland: S.R. & O. 1923/405 (Rev. X, p. 298; 1923, p. 400), art. 2

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F23F23SCHEDULE 1

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F24F24SCHEDULE 2

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