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SECTION 348 — Drink

In French Boissons

(1) Whoever: a) being licensed to sell intoxicating liquor for consumption on the premises admits to the said premises any person under 16 (sixteen) 133 years of age not accompanied by a person over 21 (twenty-one) responsible for superintending him or b) being licensed to sell beverages for consumption on the premises sells or offers, whether on the said premises or in any other public place, any intoxicating liquor to any person under 18 (eighteen) years of age not accompanied by a person over 21 (twenty-one) responsible for superintending him; or c) makes any person under 21 (twenty-one) years of age drunk, shall be punished with fine of from CFAF 5 000 (five thousand) to CFAF 50 000 (fifty thousand). (2) Upon subsequent conviction within the meaning of Section 88of this Code, the punishment shall be imprisonment for from 15 (fifteen) days to 1 (one) month and fine of from CFAF 10 000 (ten thousand) to CFAF 100 000 (one hundred thousand); and the Court may in addition order: a) closure of the licensed premises under Section 34 of this Code ; b) publication of its judgment ; c) as against any offender the forfeitures described in Section 30 of this Code. (3) This Section shall not apply to any person proving that he was misled as to the age of the minor or as to the age or authority of the person accompanying him.
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ARTICLE 348 — Boissons

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Section 348 of the Penal Code /akn/cm/act/loi/2016-07-12/2016-007
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