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

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Liquor Products Act: Regulations

Part 2 : Labels and Labelling Requirements

36. Indication of alcohol content [11(1); 27(1)(a)]

 

(1) The alcohol content of a liquor product as indicated on a label, must, subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), consist of a figure which represents the actual percentage of alcohol per volume of that liquor product, in conjunction with a percentage symbol and one or more of the expressions "alcohol", "alkohol", "volume" or an abbreviation thereof.

[Regulation 36(1) substituted by regulation 5(a) of Notice No. R. 3152 of 1992]

 

(2) A figure referred to in subregulation (1), shall—

[Words preceding regulation 36(2)(a) substituted by regulation 5(b) of Notice No. R. 3152 of 1992]

(a) in the case of wine, not differ by more than 1,0 in numerical value from the actual alcohol content of the wine concerned;
(b) otherwise not differ by more than 0,5 in numerical value from the actual alcohol content of the liquor product concerned; and
(c) not be higher or lower than the applicable maximum or minimum alcohol content specified in these regulations for the liquor product concerned.