State Act

THE KARNATAKA EXCISE ACT, 1965

1[15A. Consumption or allowing consumption of Liquor in unlicensed Public Places.- No person being the owner or incharge of the management or control of any public place shall allow consumption of liquor or no person shall consume liquor in any public place unless consumption of liquor in such place is permitted under a licence granted by the Excise Commissioner or the Deputy Commissioner. Explanation 1.- For the purposes of this section and section 32 “public place” means any public office or any place of public amusement or resort, recreation centre or on board, any passenger boat or vessel or any public passenger vehicle or a dining or refreshment room in a restaurant or hotel where different individuals or groups of persons consume food, but shall not include any private residential room or private residential house. Explanation 2.- For the purposes of Explanation 1, “public passenger vehicle” means a vehicle used for carrying passengers for hire or reward other than a vehicle which carries passengers for hire or reward under a contract, express or implied for the use of the vehicle as a whole at or for a fixed or agreed rate or sum.]1