Rum shops have to be closed Monday – police remind

The Guyana Police Force today said it wished to remind the general public that under the Representation of the People Act Chapter 1:03 of the Laws of Guyana, all premises to which spirit shop licences and off licences have been issued under the Intoxicating Liquor Licensing Act shall be closed and kept closed on Election Day, Monday November 28, 2011.

The police said that no intoxicating liquor is to be sold or given away at any such premises at any time between the opening and closing of poll on that day.

Furthermore, no intoxicating liquor is to be supplied to any person between the opening and the closing of poll on Election Day at any premises to which a licence under the Registration of Clubs Act has been issued, the police said.