section 5
Penalty for smoking in show houses and public hall.
The Sikkim Show Houses and Public Halls (Prohibition of Smoking) Act, 1981(1) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be punishable with finewhich may extend fOT a first offence to fifty rupees and for a second or subsequent offence to two hundred rupees. (2) Any police officer or any other person specialJy authorised in this behalf by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, may direct any person found smoking in contravention of the provisions of section 3 to desist from smoking and if such person does not desist, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to rupees fifty. (3) Any police officer or the person authorised may require a person who does not desist from smoking as directed under sub-section (1), to declare to him immediately his name and address and, if that person refuses or fails so to declare his name and address or if the police officer or the person authorised reasonably suspects him of giving a false name or address, the police officer or the person authorised may arrest him without a warrant.
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