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Section 5: Prohibition of sale to minors

The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisemet and Regulation of Trade and Cmmerce, Production, Supply and Distribu…Central Rules · 2003

( ~ The owner or the manag ~or e incilarge of the affairs of a pla£:e where cigarettes and other tobacco products are so d shall display a board of ..size of sixty centimetre by thirty centimetre at conspicuous place(s) containing e warning "Sale of tobacco p ducts to a person 1Ulder the age of eighteen years is a punishable offence", in h1di language(s) as applicable. .

(2) The onus of proof that the bt of the tobacco product is not r minor lies with the seller of the tobacco products.

The seller, in case of doubt, ma: request tobacco purchaser to rovide appropriate evidence of having reached eighteen years of age. !

[F. No. P-16011/2J2003-PH] BRA V ANI1HY AGARAJAN, Jt Secy.

Where this provision sits

ActThe Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisemet and Regulation of Trade and Cmmerce, Production, Supply and Distribution), Rules, 2004
Section5
Marginal noteProhibition of sale to minors
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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