Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 25

FORMERLY HOUSE BILL NO. 41

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 4 OF THE DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO THE IMPORTATION OF ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:

Section 1. Amend Section 501, Title 4 of the Delaware Code, to read as follows:

6501. Necessity of license; exception

Any person proposing to manufacture in or to import alcoholic liquor into the State of Delaware shall obtain from the Commission a license authorizing such manufacture or importation.

The provisions of this Section shall not apply to those persons permitted by the laws of this State to purchase or consume alcoholic liquor; and any such person may import the quantity of one quart of alcoholic liquor or less per day into this state for his own consumption without the payment of any tax thereon, and without being subject to any restriction imposed by the Commission. If such importation is by motor vehicle, the alcoholic liquor shall be transported in an area of the motor vehicle not immediately accessible to the driver or any passenger therein.

Approved April 11, 1971.