ANDAMAIN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS JUVENILE SMOKING REGULATION, 1955

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    "slug": "andamain-and-nicobar-islands-juvenile-smoking-regulation-1955",
    "title": "ANDAMAIN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS JUVENILE SMOKING REGULATION, 1955",
    "short_title": "Andaman and Nicobar Islands Juvenile Smoking Regulation, 1955",
    "act_number": "2",
    "act_year": 1955,
    "act_type": "REGULATION",
    "location": "Andaman and Nicobar Islands",
    "law_status": "valid",
    "enactment_date": "1955-01-30",
    "description": "Andaman and Nicobar Islands Juvenile Smoking Regulation, 1955",
    "preamble": "",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "An ACT",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "No. 2 of 1955.\n\nPromulgated by the President of in the Sixth Year of the\nRepublic of India.\n\nA Regulation to provide for the prevension of smoking by\njuveniles in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.\n\nIn exercise of the powers conferred by Clause (2)\nof\nArticle 243 of the Constitution, the President is\npleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by\nhim:-",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short Titlo, extent and commencement: (1)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(1) This\nRegulation may be called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands\nJuvenile Smoking Regulation, 1955,",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 10
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short Titlo, extent and commencement: (2)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(2) It extends to the whole of the Andaman and\nNicobar Islands.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "Section 1. Short Titlo, extent and commencement: (3)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(3) It shall come into force on such date as the\nChief Commissioner may, by notification in\nthe Official Gazette, appoint.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Definitions: (a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "In this Regulation, unless the context\notherwise requires:-\n(a) \"Chief Commissioner\" means the Chief Commissioner\nof the Andaman and Nicobar Islands;",
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            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Definitions: (b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) \"Cigarettes\" includes cut tobacco rolled in paper\ntobacco leaf, or other material in such form as\nto be capable of immediate use for smoking;",
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            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Definitions: (c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(c) \"tobacco\" means tobacco in any form, and includes\nany smoking mixture intended as a substitute\nfor tobacco;",
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            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "2",
            "title": "Section 2. Definitions: (d)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(d) \"Public place\" means, any place to which the Public\nhave access for the time being, whether on payment\nor otherwise, and includes a jetty and a water\ncraft.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": true,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Prohibition against sale of tobacco, etc to juveniles:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Whoever sells or gives to any young person apparently under\nthe age of sixteen yenis any tobacco, cigarettes, pipes or\ncigarette papers, whether for the use of such person or not,\nshall be punishable:-",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 80
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Prohibition against sale of tobacco, etc to juveniles: (a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) In the case of a first aff conviction, with fine not\nexcoeding fifty rupees;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 90
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Prohibition against sale of tobacco, etc to juveniles: (b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) In the case of second conviction, with fine not\nexceeding twenty rupees; and",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 100
        },
        {
            "number": "3",
            "title": "Section 3. Prohibition against sale of tobacco, etc to juveniles: (c)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(c) In the case of any subsequent conviction, with fine\nnot exceeding fifty rupees.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 110
        },
        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "Section 4. Power to seize and destroy tobacco in the possession of young persons:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "It shall be lawful for a police officer\nor any other person or class of persons authorised by the\nChief Commissioner in this behalf to seize and tobacco,\ncigarettes, pipes or cigarette papers in the possession of\nany young person apparently under the age of sixteen years\nwhom he finds smoking in any public place and to destroy\nany such article.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 120
        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "Section 5. Institution of proceedings:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "No magistrate shall\ntake cognizance of an offence under Section 3 except\nupon a complaint made by, or at the instances of,\nthe parent or guardian of the young person concerned\nor a police officer or other person empower d to make\na seizure under Section 4.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 130
        },
        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "Section 6. Summary jurisdiction:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Notwithstanding anything\ncontained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898\n(Act V of 1893) the Chief Commissioner may confer\non any magistrate of the Second or Third Class power to\ntry summarily offences under Section 3.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 140
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7. Regulation not to apply in certain cases:",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "The\nprovisions of this Regulation shall not apply",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 150
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7. Regulation not to apply in certain cases: (a)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) to any young person apparently under\nthe age of sixteen yenis to whom tobacco,\ncigarettes, pipes or cigarette papers\nare sold or given or in whome possession\nthey are found, if he was at the time\nemployed by a manufacturer of, or a\ndealer in, such articles, either wholesale\nor retail, for the purposes of his\nbusiness;",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 160
        },
        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "Section 7. Regulation not to apply in certain cases: (b)",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(b) to members of any such aboriginal tribe\r\naddicted to smoking as may be\r\nspecified\r\nby the Chief Commissioner by notification\r\nin the Official Gazette.\r\n\r\nRAJENDRA PRASAD\r\nPresident.\r\n\r\nK.Y. BHAIDARKAR,\r\nSecretary to the Government of India.",
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            "sort_order": 170
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "19552",
        "Act Number": "2",
        "Enactment Date": "1955-01-01",
        "Act Year": "1955",
        "Short Title": "Andaman and Nicobar Islands Juvenile Smoking Regulation, 1955",
        "Department": "Government of India",
        "Type": "CENTRAL",
        "Location": "Andaman and Nicobar Islands"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:16"
}