Penalty For Contravention of Provision Regarding Prescriptions

Whoever- (a) not being a registered medical practitioner issues a prescription for intoxicating liquor, or (b) being a registered medical practitioner. (i) prescribes liquor in contravention of the provisions of section 8 or (ii) fails, without reasonable excuse, to State in the prescription for liquor the particulars required by Section 8 to he Stated therein, or (iii) fails to preserve such prescription, or a copy thereof, for the period for which it is required by that section to be preserved, shall on conviction, he punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees or with both.