Licensing Act 1902, Section 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 10 May 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)If any person is found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises, while having the charge of a child apparently under the age of seven years, he F1... shall, if the child is under that age, be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding [F2level 2 on the standard scale], or to imprisonment, . . . F3 for any period not exceeding one month.
(2)If the child appears to the court to be under the age of seven, the child shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be under that age unless the contrary is proved.
(3)The offence under this section shall be included in the list of offences mentioned in the First Schedule to the M1Inebriates Act 1898, . . . F3
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 2(1) repealed (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 7 para. 10(3), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m)(u)
F2Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
F3Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. II
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