Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

 

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

HAMILTON PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENTS
(CONTROL) ORDI NANCE 1928

[made under section 38 of the Municipalities Act 1923
[title 4 item 1] and brought into op eration on 17 March 1928]

ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS

1 Citation

2 Licence required for place of public entertainment

3 Conditions in licence

4 Suspension; cancellation

5 Public morality; public good

6 Offences

Citation

1 This Ordinance may be cited as the Hamilton Public Entertain ments (Control) Ordinance 1928.

Licence required for place of public entertainment

2 No person shall use any building in Hamilton as a theatre, dance hall, concert hall or for any public exhibition, entertainment or perfor mance without a licence from the Corporation of Hamilton.

Conditions in licence

3 The licence may prescribe—

(a) the number of persons to be allowed in the building during any performance;

(b) the means of egress and ingress;

(c) precautions to be taken to provide for the safety of per sons using the buildings; and

(d) such other conditions as are deemed necessary by the Corporation for the safety of the persons attending any such performance.

Suspension; cancellation

4 Any such licence may be suspended or cancelled at any time by notice from the Corporation; and during such time as any licence is sus pended or cancelled, any person using the building for which such li cence was granted for any public exhibition, performance or entertain ment shall be liable to be prosecuted.

Public morality; public good

5 If in the opinion of the Mayor of Hamilton any public exhibition, entertainment or performance being held or proposed to be held in Hamilton is contrary to public morality or the public good, the Mayor may stop or prohibit such exhibition, entertainment or performance.

Offences

6 A person convicted of an offence against this Ordinance shall be liable to the punishment prescribed by section 46 of the Municipalities Act 1923 [title 4 item 1].