Penalty for unlawfully selling to persons under eighteen or employing children or women

Penalty for unlawfully selling to persons under eighteen or employing children or women. If any licensed vendor, or any person in his employ or acting on his behalf- (a) in contravention of section 29 sells or delivers any liquor or intoxicating drug to any person apparently under the age of twenty-one years; or (b) in contravention of section 30, employs or permits to be employed, on any part of his licensed premises referred to in that section any man under the age of twenty-five years or women; or (c) sells any intoxicant to a person who is drunk or intoxicated; or (d) permits drunkenness, intoxication, disorderly conduct or gaming on the licensed premises of such licensed vendor; or (e) permits any person whom he knows or has reason to believe to have been convicted of any non-bailable offence or any reputed prostitute to frequent his licensed premises, whether for the purposes of crime or prostitution or not; he shall in addition to any other penalty to which he may be liable be punishable with a fine which may extend to Rs. 50,000. When any licensed vendor or any person in his employ or acting on his behalf is charged with permitting drunkenness or intoxication on the licensed premises of such vendor, and it is proved that any person was drunk or intoxicated on such premises, it shall lie on the person charged to prove that the licensed or the person employed by him or acting on his behalf took all reasonable steps for preventing drunkenness or intoxication on such premises.