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Section 38. Penalty for consumption in Chemist's shop, etc.
THE KARNATAKA EXCISE ACT, 1965
Act no. 21 of 19661965In forceKarnataka (State Act)
38. Penalty for consumption in Chemist's shop, etc.- (1) A chemist druggist, apothecary or keeper of a dispensary, who allows any intoxicant which has not been bona fide medicated for medicinal purposes to be consumed on his business premises by any person shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, or with both. (2) Any person not employed as aforesaid, who consumes any such intoxicant on such premises shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend two hundred rupees.