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29.   Strength of spirits

Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

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29.   Strength of spirits

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    (1)   A licence for the sale of any spirits shall not authorise the sale at a lower strength than 40% alcohol by volume other than spirits imported in bottles and sold intact in the bottles in which the same were imported, and if any spirits at a lower strength than 40% alcohol, by volume, other than spirits imported in bottles and sold intact in the bottles in which the same were imported are found on any licenced premises, the same shall be forfeited and may be seized by any public officer, and the person in whose name the premises are licenced, and the manager of such premises commits an offence under this Act. (Substituted by Acts 9 of 1991 and 3 of 1995)

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    (2)   If in any prosecution under the preceding subsection any question shall arise as to whether any spirits seized are or are not spirits imported in bottles and sold intact in the bottles in which the same were imported, then and in such a case the proof thereof shall lie on the defendant or the owner or the claimant of such spirits.

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    (3)   A person holding a licence issued under this Act who sells spirits diluted with anything but pure water commits an offence and on summary conviction is liable to a penalty not exceeding $500.

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    (4)   Any licensed person who sells any liquor which is afterwards certified by any Government chemist or duly qualified analyst or medical practitioner to contain any substance added to or diluted with any such liquor, which is likely to cause injury to health, is liable to a fine not exceeding $1000.

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    (5)   Upon a second conviction for the offence as last aforesaid the licence issued to such person shall be cancelled.

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    (6)   Every licensee shall sell all intoxicating liquor which is sold by retail and not in sealed casks or bottles, in measures marked according to the standard legally in force in the State.

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    (7)   Every licence holder who acts or suffers any person under his or her control or in his or her employment to act in contravention of any of the foregoing subsections, is liable to a penalty not exceeding $500.

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    (Amended by Act 9 of 1996)

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