BE Act 53Chapter VIII · Offences and Penalties
Section 53 · Penalty for consumption in chemist's shop, etc
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If any chemist, druggist, apothecary or keeper of a dispensary allows any intoxicant which has not been bona fide medicated for medicinal purposes to be consumed on his business premises by any person not employed in business, he shall be liable to imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months, or to fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or to both.(2)
If any person not employed as aforesaid consumes any such intoxicant on such premises, he shall be liable to fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.The offence at a glance
- Maximum punishment
- 3 months
- Fine
- ₹1,000
- 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
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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