Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 390

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 9, TITLE 4, DELAWARE CODE, RELATING TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

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

Section 1. § 904, paragraph (b), Title 4, Delaware Code, is amended by striking out the following language:

"shall, in addition to the payment of costs, be fined not more than $50, and, on failure to pay such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned not less than 5 nor more than 30 days." and substituting the following:

"shall, in addition to the payment of costs, be fined for the first offense, not less than $100 nor more than $500, and on failure to pay such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned for 30 days. For each subsequent like offense, be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, and on failure to pay such fine and costs shall be imprisoned for 60 days".

Section 2. § 904, paragraph (c), Title 4, Delaware Code, is amended by striking out the following language:

"shall, in addition to the payment of costs, be fined not more than $100, and, on failure to pay such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned not less than 5 nor more than 30 days." and substituting the following:

"shall, in addition to the payment of costs, be fined for the first offense, not less than $100 nor more than $500, and on failure to pay such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned for 30 days. For each subsequent like offense, be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 and on failure to pay such fine and costs, shall be imprisoned for 60 days."

Approved May 22, 1962.