NYAYA SIGNAL
Maharashtra · 1949 · Section 84

Section 84 — Penalty for being found drunk in any drinking house.

The Maharashtra Prohibition Act

Whoever is found drunk or drinking in a common drinking house or is found there present for the purpose of drinking shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to 1[five thousand rupees]. Any person found in a common drinking house during any drinking therein shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been there for the purpose of drinking.

Source notes

1 These words were substituted for the words "five hundred rupees" by Mah. 52 of 2005, s. 25.