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Licensing Act 1872

1872 CHAPTER 94 35 and 36 Vict

F1An Act for Regulating the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors.

Preliminary

F11 Short title.

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

F12 Extent of Act.

This Act shall not extend to Scotland.

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Offences against Public Order

F112 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 F3level 1 on the standard scale.

Every person F4... 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, F5... shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding F3level 1 on the standard scale, or in the discretion of the court to imprisonment F6... for any term not exceeding one month.

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19–22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

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25, 26.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

27, 28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

29–34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

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36–38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

40–45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

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47–74. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

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

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F177X1†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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F24SCHEDULE 1

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F25SCHEDULE 2

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