Md. Code, Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis § 10-2701

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§10–2701.

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(a) The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 3 (“Prohibited Acts”) of Division I of this article apply in the City without exception or variation:

(1) § 6–305 (“Proof of age for sale of alcoholic beverages”);

(2) § 6–306 (“Defense to prosecution for sale to underage individual”);

(3) § 6–308 (“Allowing on–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”);

(4) § 6–309 (“Allowing on–premises consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages by individual under the age of 21 years”);

(5) § 6–310 (“Providing free food”);

(6) § 6–311 (“Restrictions on purchases and sales by retail dealer”);

(7) § 6–312 (“Beverage misrepresentation”);

(8) § 6–313 (“Tampering with alcoholic beverage container”);

(9) § 6–314 (“Sale of alcoholic beverage container with detachable metal tab”);

(10) § 6–315 (“Alcoholic beverage in container without regular label presumed illicit”);

(11) § 6–316 (“Maximum alcohol content”);

(12) § 6–317 (“Multiple serving purchase required”);

(13) § 6–319 (“On–premises consumption of alcoholic beverages not purchased from license holder”);

(14) § 6–320 (“Disorderly intoxication”);

(15) § 6–321 (“Consumption of alcoholic beverages in public”);

(16) § 6–323 (“Possession or use of Alcohol Without Liquid machine”);

(17) § 6–326 (“Sale of alcoholic beverages in powder or crystalline form prohibited”);

(18) § 6–327 (“Unlicensed out–of–state sale of alcoholic beverages”);

(19) § 6–328 (“Tax evasion”);

(20) § 6–329 (“Destruction of evidence”); and

(21) § 6–330 (“Perjury”).

(b) The following sections of Title 6, Subtitle 3 (“Prohibited Acts”) of Division I of this article do not apply in the City:

(1) § 6–304 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to individual under the age of 21 years”); and

(2) § 6–322 (“Possession of open container”).

(c) Section 6–307 (“Selling or providing alcoholic beverages to intoxicated individual”) of Division I of this article applies in the City, subject to § 10–2703 of this subtitle.

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