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Substituted by Act No.4 of 1994. Penalty for misconduct of licensees etc. 32 [Act No. 17 of 1968] (h) in contravention of section 19 employs or permits to be employed on any part of his licensed premises referred to in that section any child or person suffering from leprosy or other contagious disease, shall, on conviction, be punished – (i) in the case of an offence falling under clause (a), clause (b), or clause (c), with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than six months but which shall not exceed two years and with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees; (ii) in any other case, with imprisonment which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees, or with both. (2) Where any holder of a licence or permit under this Act or any person in his employment or acting on his behalf is charged with permitting drunkenness on the premises of such holder, and it is proved that any person was drunk on such premises, it shall lie on the person charged to prove that the holder of the licence and the persons employed by him took all reasonable steps for preventing drunkenness on such premises.