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The Juvenile Smoking Act, 1919

( ACT NO. II OF 1919 )

Prohibition against sale of tobacco, etc., to young persons
3.(1) No person shall sell or give to a person apparently under the age of sixteen years any tobacco, pipes or cigarette papers, whether for his own use or not:
 
 
Provided that a person shall not be guilty of an offence under this sub-section for selling tobacco, other than cigarettes, to a person apparently under the age of sixteen years if he did not know, and had no reason to believe that it was for the use of that person.
 
 
(2) If any person contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1), he shall be liable on summary conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding ten Taka and in the case of a second offence to a fine not exceeding twenty rupees, and in the case of a subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees.

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