Clause 12
New section 14A
of Public Entertainments (Amendment) Bill
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Clause 12
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 14, the following section:“Demerit points14A.—
(1)
The Minister may, for the purposes of sections 10, 11 and 14(2A), make rules to establish a system of awarding demerit points against a licensee for the commission of an offence under section 18(1)(c).
(2)
For the purposes of this section, demerit points may be awarded against a licensee notwithstanding that the licensee has accepted an offer by the Licensing Officer to compound the offence concerned.
(3)
Where a licence is cancelled under section 14, every demerit point awarded against the licensee in respect of the licence shall be cancelled.”.