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Section 84

Penalty for Being Found Drunk in Any Drinking House.

The Maharashtra Prohibition Act
Whoever is found drunk or drinking in a common drinking house or is found there present for the purpose of drinking shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to 1[five thousand rupees]. Any person found in a common drinking house during any drinking therein shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have been there for the purpose of drinking.


1 These words were substituted for the words "five hundred rupees" by Mah. 52 of 2005, s. 25.