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Offences Committed Under The Influence Of Liquor (Special Provisions) Act (No. 41 of 1979) - Sect 11

Person presumed to be under influence of liquor if he is smelling of liquor &c

11.
(1) A person shall be presumed to be under the influence of liquor if at or about the time of the commission of the act he is smelling of liquor or if he conducts himself in such manner that it may be reasonable to infer that he has consumed liquor unless evidence to the contrary has been adduced.
(2) The report of a Government medical officer to the effect that a person is under the influence of liquor or the report of an approved operator to the effect that the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood is equal to or exceeds the prescribed limit shall be deemed to be sufficient evidence of the facts therein contained unless evidence to the contrary has been adduced.


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