Penalties for alcohol in gift baskets
Penalties for alcohol in gift baskets
Managers of shops that sell New Year gift baskets with alcoholic drinks could face up to a year in jail and/or a fine of up to Bt500,000.
Director for the Thai Health Promotion’s Centre for Alcohol Studies, Thaksaphon Thamarangsi, said yesterday the National Committee for Alcohol Consumption Control gave a warning on October 8 that alcohol was banned from New Year gift baskets.
People who broke the law face up to six months jail and/or a fine of up to Bt10,000 for violating Article 30 (50) of the Criminal Law, while those deemed to have violated Article 32 about alcohol ads faced up to a year in jail and/or a fine up to Bt500,000.
The shop could also be fined up to Bt50,000 a day for the period items were on sale.
As this is the first year the law is being implemented, the Disease Control Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Consumption Control Office chief Saman Futrakul said they had called related agencies and shops to explain the regulations and give advice on gift baskets.
