Inebriates Act 1888
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1888 c. 19 |
| Year | 1888 |
Inebriates Act, 1888.
(51 & 52 Vict.) CHAPTER 19.
An Act to amend the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879.
[24th July 1888]
Whereas the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879, is limited to expire at the termination of ten years from the passing thereof and the then next session of Parliament; and whereas it is expedient to provide for the continuance of the said Act, and for the amendment of the same:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
1 Short title.
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as theInebriates Act, 1888.
2 Repeal.
2. So much of the second section of the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879, as provides that the said Act shall be in force until the termination of ten years from the passing thereof and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, is hereby repealed; and be it enacted in lieu thereof that the aforesaid Act as amended by this Act shall be and remain in force until otherwise provided by Parliament.
3 Licensee may appoint a deputy.
3. Subject to the approval of the Local Authority granting a licence for a retreat, the licensee of any retreat may from time to time appoint a deputy to act for him during his temporary absence, and such deputy shall during the absence of the licensee have and exercise all powers, and be subject to all the duties, disabilities, prohibitions, and penalties imposed upon the licensee of such retreat under the provisions of the Habitual Drunkard Act, 1879. Provided always that the appointment of such deputy shall not entitle him to act for such licensee during any period or periods exceeding in all six weeds in any one year.
4 Attestation of application for admission to a retreat.
4. So much of section three and of section ten of the Habitual Drunkards Act, 1879, as provides that the signature of an habitual drunkard applying to be admitted to a retreat shall be attested by two Justices of the Peace having jurisdiction under the Summary Jurisdiction Act, in the place where the matter requiring the cognizance of a justice arises, is hereby repealed, and such attestation may be that of any two Justices of the Peace.
5 Construction of Act.
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