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The Meghalaya Prohibition of Smoking and Non-Smokers Health Protection Act No.6, 1998

Meghalaya

An Act to provide for prohibiting of Smoking in places of public work or use and in public services vehicles in the state of Meghalaya and to make provision for other matters connected therewith.

Act number
6 of 1998
Ministry
Meghalaya Law Department
Department
Law Department
Enacted
10 Jun 1998

Source: IndiaCode Portal, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Open on India Code Check against the official text before relying on it.

19 sections

  1. Section 1Short title and commencement
  2. Section 2Definitions
  3. Section 3Declaration of non-smoking places of public work or use
  4. Section 4Power of Government to authorise officers to Act under this Act.
  5. Section 5Prohibition of smoking in places of public worker use
  6. Section 6Prohibition of smoking in public services vehicles
  7. Section 7Prohibition on advertisement of cigarettes etc.
  8. Section 8Prohibition of cigarettes, etc to minors.
  9. Section 9Prohibition storage, sale and distribution of cigarettes, etc in the vicinity of educational Institutions.
  10. Section 10Display and Exhibition of Board
  11. Section 11Penalties
  12. Section 12Ejection or viola tore of his Act from the place of public work or use.
  13. Section 13Court competent to try offences under this Act and take cognizance of offences
  14. Section 14Certain offences to be cognizable and bailable
  15. Section 15Offences under the Act, to be tried summarily.
  16. Section 16Power to delegate
  17. Section 17Composition of offences
  18. Section 18Power to make rules
  19. Section 19Repeal