Passed in Hindi by the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. For Statement of Objects and Reasons see Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh on 31st August, 2016 pp. 4135 and 4139.

BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Sixty- seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Prohibition of Sale of Loose Cigarettes and Beedies and Regulation of Retail Business of Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2016.

1. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.