Every person, whether a Maori or not, who having the control or management of any dance, meeting, tangi, hui, or other gathering of Maoris being held in any marae, supplies intoxicating liquor to any person within the bounds of the marae or permits any such liquor to be taken into or consumed within the bounds of the marae, commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine of twenty pounds.

Every person, whether a Maori or not, who, while a dance, meeting, tangi, hui, or other gathering of Maoris is being held in a marae, drinks any intoxicating liquor within the bounds of the marae, or has any such liquor in his possession or control within the bounds of the marae or in the vicinity of the marae, or supplies intoxicating liquor to any person in the marae, commits an offence and shall be liable to a fine of ten pounds.

For the purposes of subsection two of this section intoxicating liquor shall be deemed to be in the vicinity of a marae where a gathering of Maoris is being held if it is shown that the liquor was in the possession or control of any person attending or proceeding to attend the gathering, or was consumed or intended for consumption by any person so attending.

Any constable or Maori Warden who has reason to suspect that there is any breach by any person of the provisions of this section in or in the vicinity of any marae where a gathering of Maoris is taking place may without warrant enter the marae or any place in the vicinity thereof, and examine the same and search for intoxicating liquor therein and may seize and remove any such liquor found therein and the vessels containing the liquor. Any intoxicating liquor so seized in respect of which any person is convicted of an offence under this section, together with the vessels containing the liquor, shall be forfeited to the Crown.

Nothing in this section shall apply in relation to any liquor consumed in any dwellinghouse by persons for the time being resident therein or to any liquor in any licensed premises and nothing in this section shall be deemed to confer upon any constable or Maori Warden the power to enter without warrant any dwellinghouse.

Nothing in this section shall apply to prohibit the supply to any person of intoxicating liquor or the drinking or possession of any such liquor in any case where—

The Tribal Committee of any tribal area in which a marae is situated may in writing permit the introduction of intoxicating liquor into the marae for the purposes of being consumed at any gathering of Maoris (other than a gathering for the purposes of a dance) in the marae. Any such permit shall prescribe the nature and the place of the gathering and may contain such conditions as the Tribal Committee thinks fit in respect of the supply and the consumption of the liquor.

Any offence committed under this section shall be deemed to be a breach of a by-law that has been duly made and has come into force in accordance with the provisions of this Act and may be dealt with accordingly by a Tribal Committee under section forty-seven hereof.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a penalty being imposed on any person under the Justices of the Peace Act 1927 in respect of an offence committed against section fifty-nine of the Statutes Amendment Act 1939.”

No person, other than a person specified in subsection two of this section, may apply for a prohibition order under Part VI of the Licensing Act 1908 against a Maori:

“Provided that any Maori who desires that a prohibition order shall be made against himself may apply personally to a Magistrate for the issue of such an order, and the Magistrate may make the order without dealing with the case in open Court.

A prohibition order may be made against a Maori on the application of:—

Every person who knowingly sells, gives, or supplies intoxicating liquor to any Maori during the currency of a prohibition order against the Maori shall be liable to a fine not exceeding ten pounds.

The police shall render such assistance as they are able to an applicant under this section for a prohibition order.

Subject to the provisions of this section, the provisions of Part VI of the Licensing Act 1908 shall apply to Maoris in all respects as they apply to persons who are not Maoris.”

The area of land described in subsection twenty-nine of section fourteen of the Maori Purposes Act 1941 is hereby declared to be a tribal district for the purposes of this Act to be known as the Ratana Pa tribal district.

The Tribal Executive of the Ratana Pa tribal district, to be known as the Ratana Pa Tribal Executive, shall consist of—

The provisions of subsections one and two of section eight of this Act shall have no application to the Ratana Pa Executive Committee.

For the purposes of section twenty-three of this Act a third of the revenue of the Ratana Trust Board received from leases or tenancies granted by the Board under section fourteen of the Maori Purposes Act 1941 shall not be deemed to be revenue of the Board.

Except as provided by this section, all the pro visions of this Act shall apply to the Ratana Pa tribal district and the Ratana Pa Tribunal Executive.”