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COSMO NEWBERRY ABORIGINAL CORPORATION BY-LAWS - REG 10

10 .         Exception to by‑law 9

        (1)         It shall not be an offence under by‑law 9 where a person brings, possesses, uses or supplies liquor on Community Land —

            (a)         for the purpose of a sacramental or other like observance in the course of constituting part of any religious service; or

            (b)         as a medicine or for specific medical purposes and that liquor has been duly prescribed or administered by or pursuant to a direction of a legally qualified medical practitioner, registered nurse or a registered pharmaceutical chemist.

        (2)         It shall not be an offence under by‑law 9 where a person who is travelling through the Community Land on the Road has liquor in his or her possession or under his or her control for the purpose only of transporting the liquor to a destination outside the Community Land.

        (3)         In any proceedings for an offence under by‑law 9 the onus of establishing a purpose of a nature referred to in this by‑law shall be on the accused.



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