Lawgist21Punishment for smoking in certain places
(1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.
(2) An offence under this section shall be compoundable and shall be tried summarily in accordance with the procedure provided for summary trials in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974).
STATE AMENDMENT
Gujarat
Insertion of new section 21A in Act 34 of 2003. --In the principal Act, after section 21, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--
Punishment for running hookas bar.–“21A. ---Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4A shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to three years but which shall not be less that one year and with fine which may extend to fifty thousand rupees but which shall not be less than twenty thousand rupees.”.
[Vide Gujarat Act 27 of 2017, s. 6.]
Maharashtra
Insertion of new section 21A in Act 34 of 2003.--After section 21 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--
Punishment for running hookah bar.–“21A.--Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4A, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years but which shall not be less than one year and with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees but which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees.”.
[Vide Maharashtra Act 60 of 2018, s. 6.]
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- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Declaration as to expediency of control by the Union
- 3 Definitions
- 4 Prohibition of smoking in a public place
- 5 Prohibition of advertisement of cigarettes and other tobacco products
- 6 Prohibition on sale of cigarette or other tobacco products to a person below the age of eighteen years and in particular area
- 7 Restrictions on trade and commerce in, and production, supply and distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products
- 8 Manner in which specified warning shall be made
- 9 Language in which the specified warning shall be expressed
- 10 Size of letters and figures
- 11 Testing laboratory for nicotine and tar contents
- 12 Power of entry and search
- 13 Power to seize
- 14 Confiscation of package
- 15 Power to give option to pay costs in lieu of confiscation
- 16 Confiscation not to interfere with other punishments
- 17 Adjudication
- 18 Giving opportunity to the owner of seized packages
- 19 Appeal
- 20 Punishment for failure to give specified warning and nicotine and tar contents
- 21 Punishment for smoking in certain places
- 22 Punishment for advertisement of cigarettes and tobacco products
- 23 Forfeiture of advertisement and advertisement material
- 24 Punishment for sale of cigarettes or any other tobacco products in certain places or to persons below the age of eighteen years
- 25 Prevention, detention and place of trial of offences under sections 4 and 6
- 26 Offences by companies
- 27 Offences to be bailable
- 28 Composition of offences
- 29 Protection of action taken in good faith
- 30 Power to add any tobacco products in the Schedule
- 31 Power of Central Government to make rules
- 32 Act not to apply to cigarettes of other tobacco products which are exported
- 33 Repeal and savings
