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KARAOKE ESTABLISHMENTS ORDINANCE
Ord. No. 22 of 2002
A1789


copy, shall be received in evidence on its production without further proof and it shall be presumed that—

(a) the document is a true copy of the permit or the licence;
(b) the person who certified the document was a public officer appointed in writing by the licensing authority for that purpose; and
(c) the permit or the licence was granted or issued in respect of the place stated in the document to the person stated in the document and is subject to those conditions.

19. Service of notices and orders

(1) A notice or an order to be served under this Ordinance, other than a notice to be served under section 16(1)(a), may be served by serving a copy—

(a) personally;
(b) by registered post addressed to the last known place of business or residence of the person to be served; or
(c) where the notice or the order relates to any premises or part thereof, by leaving the same with an adult occupier of the premises or part thereof to which the notice or the order relates or by posting the same in a prominent position upon or near such premises or upon a conspicuous part of such premises or part thereof.

(2) A notice to be served under section 16(1)(a) shall be served—

(a) by serving a copy by registered post addressed to the last known place of business or residence of the person to be served; and
(b) by leaving a copy with an adult occupier of the premises or part thereof to which the notice relates or by posting a copy in a prominent position upon or near such premises or upon a conspicuous part of such premises or part thereof,

and service of the copy of notice under paragraph (a) shall be deemed to have been effected on the day immediately following the day on which it is dispatched by registered post.

20. Forfeiture of apparatus and equipment used for karaoke

The court may, on the conviction of any person of an offence under section 4 or 17 relating to a karaoke establishment, order the forfeiture of any apparatus, equipment or any other article together with all related or ancillary components including any cabinet or other casing in which that apparatus, equipment or other article is housed, if any, seized and removed under a warrant issued under section 14(3), being apparatus, equipment or any other