BE Act 60Chapter VIII · Offences and Penalties
Section 60 · [ Penalty for employing minors or women or selling liquor to minors. [Substituted by Bihar Act No. 3 of 2016, dated 31.3.2016.]
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If any license holder or any person sells or delivers any liquor to any person apparently under the age of twenty-one years, he shall be punishable with a term which shall be not be less than seven years but which may extend to ten years and with fine, which shall not be less than one lakh rupees which may extend to ten lakh rupees.(2)
If a license holder employs any person under the age of twenty-one years or any woman, he shall be punishable with a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to seven years and with fine, which shall not be less than one lakh rupees which may extend to ten lakh rupees, or with both.]The offence at a glance
- Maximum punishment
- 10 years
- Statutory minimum
- 5 years
- Fine
- ₹10,00,000
- Cognizable
- Cognizable
- Bailable
- Non-bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Court of Session
- Cognizable — Police may arrest without a warrant
- Non-bailable — Bail is at the court's discretion
Sub-sections of this section carry different penalties; the maximum is shown.
Derived from the First Schedule Part II rule — not listed section by section
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