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Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

12. Prohibition of false or misleading descriptions for liquor products

 

(1) No person shall use any name, word, expression, reference, particulars or indication in any manner, either by itself or in coherence with any other verbal, written, printed, illustrated or visual material, in connection with the sale of a liquor product in a manner that conveys or creates or is likely to convey or create a false or misleading impression as to the nature, substance, quality, composition or other properties, or the class, cultivar, origin, age, identity, or manner or place of production, of the liquor product.

 

(2) If—
(a) the administering officer or the Authority, as the case may be, is of the opinion that a person has contravened the provisions of subsection (1); and
(b) such person has declared himself prepared thereto in writing,

the administering officer or the Authority, as the case may be, may refer the alleged contravention for investigation and decision to an appeal Authority referred to in section 22.