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Prohibition against sale of tobacco to students and to all young persons. (1) No person sha11 or give to a person apparently under the age of 16, or to a student apparently under the age of 18, any tobacco, cigarettes, pipes or cigarettes paper, whether for his own use or not : Provided that a person shall not be guilty of an offence under sub-S. {1) for selling tobacco otber than cigarettes, to a person apparently under the age of 16 or to a student under the age of 18, if he did not know or had no reason to believe that it was for the use of that person. {2) If any person contravenes the provisions of sub-S. (1) he shall be liable on summary conviction before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding ten rupees, and In the tase of a second offence to a fine not exceeding twenty rupees, and in the case of a subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding fifty rupees. (3) Section not to apply in certain cases. The provisions of this section shall not apply when the person to whom the tobacco, pipes, cigarettes or cigarette papers are sold, or in whose possession they are found, was at that time employed by a manufacturer of, or dealer in, such articles either wholesale or retail for the purposes of his business.