2. Replacement of section 34 of Act…

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Section 34 of the National Authority on Tobacco and

Alcohol Act, No. 27 of 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the

“principal enactment”) is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor:—

34 (1) A manufacturer or an importer of a tobacco product shall cause to be displayed conspicuously and in legible print—

(a)

on the top surface area of both front and back sides of every packet, package or carton containing the tobacco product manufactured or imported by such manufacturer or importer, health warnings, as may be prescribed, subject to the provisions of section 34A; and

(b)

on every packet, package or carton containing the tobacco product manufactured or imported by such manufacturer or importer, a lable or a statement specifying the tar and nicotine content in each tobacco product in such packet, package or carton.

“Prohibition of the manufacture, sale, import etc. of tobacco products without health warnings and a label or a statement of tar and nicotine content.

(2)

A person shall not sell, offer for sale, supply, distribute or store a packet, package or carton containing tobacco products unless health warnings as provided for in subsection (1) (a) and a label or a statement as provided for in subsection (1)(b), are displayed conspicuously in legible print on every packet, package or carton containing the tobacco products.

(3)

Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection (1) or subsection (2), commits an offence and on conviction after summary trial by a Magistrate be liable to a fine not exceeding rupees fifty thousand or to an imprisonment of either description for a term not exceeding one year or to both such fine and imprisonment.”.

Read on from s 3