Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

4. Restriction on sale of certain alcoholic products

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(1)No person shall sell or produce for sale any product—
(a)with an alcohol content of more than 0.5 per cent for drinking purposes; or
(b) including but not limited to a powder form, which, combined with any substance or liquid, will have an alcohol content of more than 0.5 per cent and is intended for drinking purposes,

unless that product is a liquor product.

[Section 4(1) substituted by section 3(a) of the Liquor Products Amendment Act, 2021 (Act no 8 of 2021), Notice No. 567 of GG45179, dated 17 September 2021 - effective 1 August 2023 as per Proclamation Notice 132 of 2023]

 

(1A) The Minister may grant exemption, under such circumstances and subject to such conditions as he or she may prescribe, from a prohibition referred to in subsection (1)(b).

[Section 4(1A) inserted by section 3(b) of the Liquor Products Amendment Act, 2021 (Act no 8 of 2021), Notice No. 567 of GG45179, dated 17 September 2021 - effective 1 August 2023 as per Proclamation Notice 132 of 2023]

 

(2)The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to—
(a)[Section 4(2)(a) deleted by section 3(c) of the Liquor Products Amendment Act, 2021 (Act no 8 of 2021), Notice No. 567 of GG45179, dated 17 September 2021 - effective 1 August 2023 as per Proclamation Notice 132 of 2023]
(b)medicine as defined in section 1(1) of the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act, 1965 (Act No. 101 of 1965).