Section 45: Penalty for consumption of liquor in chemist’s shop

The Himachal Pradesh Excise Act, 2011State Act of Himachal Pradesh · Act 33 of 2012

(1) If any chemist, druggist, apothecary or keeper of a dispensary, allows any liquor which has not been bonafide medicated for medicinal purposes to be consumed on his business premises by any person, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year and with fine which

1. The words “fifty thousand rupees but shall not be less than five thousand rupees” substituted vide H.P. Act No. 10 of 2024.

2. The words “which may extend to one year and with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees” substituted vide H.P. Act No. 10 of 2024.

24 THE HIMACHAL PRADESH EXCISE ACT, 2011 shall not be less than two thousand rupees and which may extend to ten thousand rupees.

(2) If a person consumes any such liquor on such premises he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Himachal Pradesh Excise Act, 2011
Section	45
Marginal note	Penalty for consumption of liquor in chemist’s shop
Jurisdiction	State of Himachal Pradesh
Status	In force as published by the source

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