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Central Provinces and Berar Juvenile Smoking Act, 1929 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1929

.....of this Act; It is hereby enacted as follows:- SECTION 01: SHORT TITLE This Act may be called the Central Provinces 2[and Berar] Juvenile Smoking Act, 1929. SECTION 02: EXTENT It extends to the whole of 3[Vidarbha region of the State of Maharashtra]. SECTION 03: DEFINITIONS In this Act "tobacco" means tobacco in any form and includes any smoking mixture intended as a substitute for tobacco : "public place" means any place to which the public for the time being has access whether on payment or otherwise and includes a railway station or a railway carriage. SECTION 04: PENALTY FOR SELLING TOBACCO Whoever sells or gives or attempts to sell or give to a child apparently under the age of sixteen any tobacco, whether for his own use or not. shall be liable on conviction by a Magistrate in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding ten rupees and in the case of a second offence to a fine not exceeding twenty rupees and in the case of a third or subsequent offence to fine not exceeding fifty rupees. SECTION 05: SEIZURE OF TOBACCO BEING SMOKED BY JUVENILE IN A PUBLIC PLACE If any boy apparently under the age of sixteen years be found smoking tobacco in any public place, it.....