S.L. 10.9 Art. 4Grant of licence.

A licence for the sale of wine, beer or spirituous liquors may, with the approval of the Prime Minister, be granted to any person who is of age, provided that -

(a) the application is not open to objection, in the opinion of the Commissioner of Police, on any of the following grounds:

(i) the character of the applicant, or of his wife or her husband;

(ii) the sufficiency of shops, holding similar licences, to meet the requirements of the public in the neighbourhood;

(iii) the proximity of the premises in respect of which a licence is applied for, to be calculated in the manner to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Police, to a place of public worship;

(iv) the proximity of such premises, to be calculated in the manner to be prescribed by the Commissioner of Police, to other shops licensed for the sale of non-intoxicants;

(v) the connection of such premises with a dwelling house;

(b) no objection is raised by the Department of Health on sanitary grounds;

(c) no objection is raised by neighbours whose premises are within eighteen metres of the proposed shop.