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Spirits. By 23 & 24 Vict. c. 114, and the (English) Spirits Act, 1880, and later Acts, the excise regulations relating to the distilling, rectifying, and dealing in spirits have been successively amended and consolidated. As to the supply and sale of immature spirits, see Immature (English) Spirits Act (Restriction) Act, 1915; as to strength and weight, 5 & 6 Geo. 5, c. 89, s. 19; in medicine, 8 & 9 Geo. 5, c. 15, s. 41; as to methylated spirits, 11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 32, and 14 & 15 Geo. 5, c. 21, ss. 13 and 41; as to misdescription, 22 & 23 Geo. 5, c. 25, s. 11, and (English) Finance Acts.

As o licences for the sale of spirits by retail, see INTOXICATING LIQUORS; and as to barring of action for price of spirits sold in small quantities, see TIPPLING ACT.