TRADITIONAL BEER (RETAIL SALES) (MODEL) BYE-LAWS

(section 38)

(27th February, 1970)

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS

    BYE-LAW

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Traditional beer to be sold or bought only on licensed premises

    4.    Beer to be consumed on licensed premises only if licensed for on-consumption

    5.    Applications for licences and renewals

    6.    Grant and renewal of licences

    7.    Period and renewal of licences

    8.    Lapse on change of occupier

    9.    Duplicate licences

    10.    Non-contravention

    11.    Revocation of licence

    12.    Fees to be paid into General Fund

    13.    Appeal and review

    14.    Permitted hours

    15.    Sanitary conditions to be maintained

    16.    Restrictions on sale of beer to young persons, etc.

    17.    Only licensees and employees to sell on licensed premises

    18.    Drunkenness, etc. not to be permitted on licensed premises

    19.    Rights of licensee to refuse admission, etc.

    20.    Penalty for permitting the licensed premises to be a brothel, etc.

    21.    Prohibition of making structural alterations to licensed premises

    22.    Inspection of premises by police, etc.

    23.    Closing of licensed premises on serious breach of peace or danger to public health

    24.    Criminal responsibility of employer and employee

    25.    Licence and Bye-laws to be displayed

    26.    Penalties

        Schedule - Licence to Use Premises for the Retail Sale of Traditional Beer

S.I. 13, 1970,
S.I. 37, 1970,
S.I. 73, 1972.

1.    Citation

    These Bye-laws may be cited as the Traditional Beer (Retail Sales) (Model) Bye-laws*.

*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.

2.    Interpretation

    In these Bye-laws—

    "beer" means traditional beer;

    "district" means the area in respect of which the District Council is established;

    "District Council" means any district council which has adopted these Bye-laws, or the committee thereof duly appointed and charged with the administration of these Bye-laws;

    "licensed" means licensed in terms of these Bye-laws;

    "licensee" means the occupier of licensed premises;

    "lolwapa" means a customary residential precinct;

    "traditional beer" means traditional beer as defined in the Liquor Act (Cap. 43:11), which has been made by a manufacturer.

3.    Traditional beer to be sold or bought only on licensed premises

    (1) No person shall sell or buy any traditional beer by retail within the district except in a beer hall conducted by the District Council or on premises licensed in terms of these Bye-laws:

    Provided that within the boundaries of a lolwapa traditional beer may be sold by and bought from persons engaging, for the purpose of subsistence or the maintenance and education of children, in the sale of traditional beer.

    (2) A licence shall be in the form set out in the Schedule.

4.    Beer to be consumed on licensed premises only if licensed for on-consumption