s 11 Security
11.—(1) In respect of any classes of public entertainment that the appropriate Minister may prescribe by notification in the Gazette and subject to any limits that may be prescribed in the notification, the appropriate Licensing Officer may, before issuing or renewing a licence, require —(a) the applicant; or (b) if there are 2 or more applicants, each applicant named by the appropriate Licensing Officer for the purpose, to give security, in the form and manner that the appropriate Licensing Officer may determine, that the provisions of this Act and the conditions of the licence will be duly observed. [32/2014] (2) Where a licensee has been awarded such number of demerit points as may be prescribed under section 15(1), the appropriate Licensing Officer may require the licensee to give security, in the form and manner that the appropriate Licensing Officer may determine, that the provisions of this Act and the conditions of the licence will be duly observed.[32/2014] (3) Where an applicant is required under subsection (1), or a licensee is required under subsection (2), to enter into a bond, the appropriate Licensing Officer may require not more than 2 sureties to enter into the bond with the applicant or the licensee, as the case may be.[32/2014] (4) Any security given under subsection (1) or (2) is liable to forfeiture in whole or in part at the discretion of the appropriate Licensing Officer where —(a) the licence is suspended or cancelled; (b) the licensee has been awarded such number of demerit points as may be prescribed under section 15(1); or (c) the appropriate Licensing Officer is satisfied that the public entertainment has been provided in contravention of this Act.[32/2014] (5) The appropriate Licensing Officer must, before proceeding under subsection (4), give the licensee or the person whose licence is cancelled, as the case may be —(a) written notice of the intention to do so; and (b) an opportunity to be heard, within the time specified in the notice, as to why the security should not be forfeited.[32/2014]