Bare Act
The Jharkhand Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smokers Health Protection Act, 2002
Health200216 sections
The Jharkhand Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smokers Health Protection Act, 2002, is a public health legislation designed to protect non-smokers from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. It prohibits smoking in designated "places of public work or use" and public service vehicles across Jharkhand. The Act also restricts the advertisement, sale, and distribution of smoking materials in these public areas. It mandates that owners of public spaces display "No Smoking" signage. By empowering authorities to penalize violators and eject them from public premises, the Act aims to create smoke-free environments, ensuring the health and well-being of the general public.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement
- 2. Definitions
- 3. Declaration of non-smoking places of public work or use
- 4. Power of Government to authorize officers to act under this Act
- 5. Prohibition of smoking in places of public work or use
- 6. Prohibition of smoking public vehicles
- 7. Prohibition on advertisement of cigarettes etc
- 8. Prohibition of sale and distribution or storage for sale of cigarettes, etc. in the place of public work or use
- 9. Display and exhibition or board
- 10. Penalties
- 11. Ejection of violators of this Act from the place of public work or use
- 12. Court competent to try offences under this Act and take cognizance of offences
- 13. Certain offences to be cognizable and bailable
- 14. All offences under the Act to be tried summarily
- 15. Power to delegates
- 16. Composition of offences
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