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Prohibition on sale of tobacco products to person under age of 21 years
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6. The Act of 2023 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 28:
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“28A. (1) A person shall not sell by retail, or cause to be sold by retail, a tobacco product to a person under the age of 21 years.
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(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.
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(3) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (2), it shall be a defence for such person to prove that the person under the age of 21 years to whom the alleged offence relates produced to him or her—
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(a) an age card,
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(b) a passport, or
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(c) a driving licence,
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for the time being in force, relating to that person under the age of 21 years.”.
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