Vidhi Codex

Bare Act

The Delhi Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smokers Health Protection Act, 1996

Health199617 sections

This law bans smoking in public places, public transport vehicles, and specified public work sites across the National Capital Territory of Delhi to protect non-smokers from secondhand smoke. It applies to all members of the general public, business operators, advertisers, and tobacco sellers within Delhi. The legislation strictly prohibits tobacco advertisements in public spaces, forbids the sale of tobacco products to minors under eighteen years of age, and bans tobacco sales within one hundred meters of educational institutions. Venue owners must prominently display no-smoking warning boards, and authorized officers or police can eject violators and levy fines or imprisonment for offenses.

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  1. 1. Short title, extend and commencement
  2. 2. Definition
  3. 3. Declaration of no-smoking places of public work or use
  4. 4. Power of Government to authorise officers to Act under this Act
  5. 5. Prohibition of smoking in places of public work or use
  6. 6. Prohibition of smoking in public service vehicles
  7. 7. Prohibition on advertisement of cigarettes etc.
  8. 8. Prohibition of sale of cigarettes, etc. to minors
  9. 9. Prohibition of storage, sale and distribution of cigarettes, etc. in the vicinity of educational institutions
  10. 10. Display and Exhibition of Board
  11. 11. Penalties
  12. 12. Ejection of violators of this Act from the place of public work or use
  13. 13. Court competent to try offences under this Act and take cognizance of offence
  14. 14. Certain offences to be cognizable and bailable
  15. 15. Offences under the Act to be tried summarily
  16. 16. Delegation of Powers
  17. 17. Power to make rules

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