Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-2
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Prohibition against intoxicating beverages in jails
Official statutory text
No sheriff, jailer or keeper of any jail shall, under any
pretense, give, sell or deliver to any person committed to any jail
for any cause whatever, any spirituous liquor, or any mixed liquor,
part of which is spirituous, or any wine, cider or strong beer,
under the penalties prescribed by the prohibition law of this state,
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unless a physician shall certify in writing that the health of such
prisoner requires it, in which case he may be allowed the quantity
prescribed and no more.
R.L. 1910, § 4604. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 14, eff. July 1,
1978.
pretense, give, sell or deliver to any person committed to any jail
for any cause whatever, any spirituous liquor, or any mixed liquor,
part of which is spirituous, or any wine, cider or strong beer,
under the penalties prescribed by the prohibition law of this state,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 11
unless a physician shall certify in writing that the health of such
prisoner requires it, in which case he may be allowed the quantity
prescribed and no more.
R.L. 1910, § 4604. Amended by Laws 1978, c. 244, § 14, eff. July 1,
1978.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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