The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Madhya Pradesh Amendment Act, 2023

1. (1) This Act may be called the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Madhya Pradesh Amendment Act, 2023.
2. (2) It shall come into force from the date of its publication in official Gazette.

The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (No. 34 of 2003) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in its application to the State of Madhya Pradesh be amended in the manner hereinafter provided.

In Section 3 of the principal Act,—

1. (i) after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— "(ca) "establishment" means a residential hotel, restaurant, eating-house,

After Section 4 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:—

"4A. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no person shall, either on his own or on behalf of any other person, open or run any hookah bar in any place including the eating house.

Explanation.—For the purpose of this Section, the term "eating house" means any place

In Section 12 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), in clause (b), for full stop, semi colon and word "or" shall be

After section 13 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :—

"13A. If any police officer, not below the

After section 21 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :—

"21A. Whoever contravenes the provisions of section 4A, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years but which shall not be less than one year and with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees but which shall not be less than fifty thousand rupees.".

After section 27 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely :—

"27A. An offence under section 4A shall be cognizable.".