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Which section of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915 prescribes a penalty for a chemist who allows a customer to consume a non-medicated intoxicant on the business premises?

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Which section of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915 prescribes a penalty for a chemist who allows a customer to consume a non-medicated intoxicant on the business premises?

  1. Section 39

  2. Section 40

  3. Section 40-A

  4. Section 41

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B - Section 40

Section 40(1) of the Chhattisgarh Excise Act, 1915, headed "Penalty for allowing consumption in chemist’s shop, etc.", punishes a chemist, druggist, apothecary or keeper of a dispensary who allows an intoxicant that has not been bona fide medicated for medicinal purposes to be consumed on the business premises by a person not employed in the business. The person who so consumes it is separately punishable with fine. The neighbouring sections deal with other offences and are not aimed at consumption in a chemist’s shop.

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