BE Act 51Chapter VIII · Offences and Penalties
Section 51 · Penalty for certain unlawful acts of licensed vendors or their servants
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If any licensed vendor, or any person in his employ, and acting on his behalf,-(a)
in contravention of Section 25, employs or permits to be employed, in any part of his licensed premises referred to in that section any child or woman; or(b)
sells any intoxicant to a person who is drunk or intoxicated; or(c)
sells or delivers any spirit or intoxicating drug to any child apparently under the age of sixteen years, whether for consumption by such child or by any other person, and whether for consumption "on" or "off" the premises of such vendor; or(d)
permits drunkenness, intoxication, disorderly conduct or gaming on the premises of such vendor; or(e)
permits any person whom he knows, or has reason to believe, to have been convicted of any non-bailable offence, or who are reputed prostitutes, to meet, or any such person to remain,on the premises of such vendor, whether for purposes of crime or prostitution or not,(2)
When any licensed vendor or any person in his employ and acting on his behalf, is charged with permitting drunkenness or intoxication on the premises of such vendor, and it is proved that any person was drunk or intoxicated on such premises, it shall lie on the person charged to prove that the vendor and the persons employed by him took all reasonable steps for preventing drunkenness or intoxication on such premises.The offence at a glance
- Fine
- ₹500
- Cognizable
- Non-cognizable
- Bailable
- Bailable
- Compoundable
- Not compoundable
- Triable by
- Any Magistrate
- Non-cognizable — Police cannot investigate without a Magistrate's order
- Bailable — Bail is your right — it can be granted at the police station
Derived from the First Schedule Part II rule — not listed section by section
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