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CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT (SIMPLE OFFENCES) ACT 2004 (NO. 70 OF 2004) - SECT 22

22 .         Section 206 inserted

                After section 205 the following section is inserted in Chapter XXII —

206.         Supplying intoxicants to people likely to abuse them

        (1)         In this section —

        “intoxicant” means a drug, or a volatile or other substance, capable of intoxicating a person, but does not include liquor as defined in the Liquor Licensing Act 1988 ;

        “volatile substance” means a substance that produces a vapour at room temperature.

        (2)         A person who sells or supplies an intoxicant to another person in circumstances where the person knows, or where it is reasonable to suspect, that that or another person will use it to become intoxicated is guilty of an offence and is liable to imprisonment for 12 months and a fine of $12 000.

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