A chemist, druggist, apothecary or keeper of a dispensary who allows any liquor, which has not been bona fide medicated for medicinal purposes according to the prescription of a 1[registered medical practitioner] or any intoxicating drug to be consumed on his business premises by any person, shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months, or with fine which may extend to 2[ten thousand rupees] or with both.
Source footnotes
1 These words were substituted for the words "medical practitioner" by Bom. 12 of 1959, s. 10.2 These words were substituted for the words "one thousand rupees" by Mah. 52 of 2005, s. 28.
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