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Places of Entertainment Regulation 1926

This reprint of this Statutory Instrument incorporates all amendments, if any, made before25 November 2006 and in force at  1 July 2001.

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Legislative Counsel
Dated 25 November 2006

INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

Chapter 319A.

Places of Entertainment Regulation 1926

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.

Places of Entertainment Regulation 1926

MADE under the Places of Entertainment Act 1915 (Papua).

Dated                   200 .

1. APPLICATION.

This Regulation applies in relation to the area that, immediately before Independence Day, formed the Territory of Papua.

2. CONDITIONS FOR OPENING.

A place of entertainment must not be open to the public unless–

(a) the conditions prescribed by this Regulation are complied with; and

(b) it is licensed.

Penalty: A fine not exceeding K40.00 and in default of payment imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

3. GRANTING OF LICENCE.

(1) A District Officer may issue a licence for a place of entertainment in the form in the Schedule.

(2) The District Officer shall not grant a licence unless he is satisfied that the premises in respect of which the licence is applied for–

(a) are not and are not likely to be dangerous to public health or safety; and

(b) do not constitute and are not likely to constitute a fire hazard.

(3) Where a District Officer is satisfied that a place of entertainment in respect of which a licence has been granted–

(a) is or is likely to be dangerous to public health or safety; or

(b) constitutes or is likely to constitute a fire hazard,

he may cancel the licence.

4. FEES.

The fee for a licence is K6.00.

5. USE OF PREMISES.

Premises in respect of which a licence has been granted must not be used for any purpose of public entertainment other than that expressed in the licence.

Penalty: A fine not exceeding K40.00 and in default of payment imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

6. SUNDAYS, ETC.

Licensed premises must not be open or used for the purposes of public entertainment on any Sunday before 8 p.m. or on Good Friday or Christmas Day.

Penalty: A fine not exceeding K40.00 and in default of payment imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

7. HOURS FOR OPENING.

Unless otherwise expressly authorized by a Provincial Administrator, licensed premises must be closed not later than midnight on any week-day, and must not be opened before 10 a.m.

Penalty: A fine not exceeding K40.00 and in default of payment imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

8. INSPECTION.

Licensed premises must, at all reasonable times, and particularly while any meeting, assembly, entertainment or exhibition is going on in them, be open free of charge for the admission and inspection of the Departmental Head of the Department responsible for works matters or a person authorized by him to inspect licensed premises, and to the Provincial Administrator and members of the Police Force when in uniform.

Penalty: A fine not exceeding K40.00 and in default of payment imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

9. PROHIBITION, ETC. OF PERFORMANCE.

(1) The Departmental Head, or a person appointed by him, may, by written notice given to the proprietor or left at a place of entertainment, prohibit the representation in the place of any entertainment or performance, or any part of an entertainment or performance, that–

(a) might provoke a breach of the peace; or

(b) is a violation of public decency or propriety; or

(c) is dangerous to the performer or to any other person.

(2) After the giving of a notice under Subsection (1), a person who performs, takes part in or permits any representation referred to in the notice is guilty of an offence.

Penalty: A fine not exceeding K40.00 and in default of payment imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.

SCHEDULE 1 – LICENCE.

Reg., Sec. 3.

The premises described below are licensed as a place of entertainment for the purposes of . . . for one year from this date.

This licence is issued to . . . as licensee.

Description of premises:

Dated . . . 20...

Provincial Administrator.

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