Act Number: 34

Act Name: The Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003

Year: 2003

Enactment Date: 2003-05-18

Long Title: An Act to prohibit the advertisement of, and to provide for the regulation of trade and commerce in, and production, supply and distribution of, cigarettes and other tobacco products and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 6: Prohibition on sale of cigarette or other tobacco products to a person below the age of eighteen years and in particular area.
    No person shall sell, offer for sale, or permit sale of, cigarette or any other tobacco product--
         (a) to any person who is under eighteen years of age, and
         (b) in an area within a radius of one hundred yards of any educational institution.
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