Title.

[31St May, 1872.]

Preamble.

Whereas it is expedient to amend the "Licensing Ordinances Amendment Ordinance 1870" in certain particulars :

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the Province of Otago with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows :—

Short Title.

1. This Ordinance shall be termed and may be cited and referred to as the "Licensing Ordinances Amendment Ordinance 1872."

Notice to be given a month before first Tuesday in December.

2. Instead of the notice of an objection under the second section of the "Licensing Ordinances Amendment Ordinance 1870" being given at least one calendar month before the thirty-first day of December in any year any such notice shall hereafter be given at least one calendar month before the first Tuesday in the month of December in any year anything in the said recited Ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding.

Owners and occupiers may object.

3. In addition to the persons specified in the "Licensing Ordinances Amendment Ordinance 1870" as entitled to object to the renewal of a license any owner or occupier of property in the neighborhood of a licensed house or premises may also object to the renewal of the license by giving notice to the Provincial Treasurer and to the applicant before the first Tuesday of December in any year in like manner as before provided.