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The Liquor Control (Supply and Consumption) Act 2015 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that regulates the supply and consumption of liquor at public places, and to make consequential and related amendments to certain other written laws. The law is designed specifically to deter recurrences of the 2013 Little India riot that took place ...
Serious traffic offences involving death, injury or damage to public property fall under the jurisdiction of criminal law in Singapore. [99] In 1985, the legal alcohol limit has been revised from 0.11% to 0.08% BAC. The number of accidents and arrests related to drink driving are given in the table below. [100]
The places where alcohol may be sold or possessed, like all other alcohol restrictions, vary from state to state. Some states, like Louisiana, Missouri, and Connecticut, have very permissive alcohol laws, whereas other states, like Kansas and Oklahoma, have very strict alcohol laws. Many states require that liquor may be sold only in liquor stores.
The legal age for drinking alcohol is 18 in Abu Dhabi (although a Ministry of Tourism by-law allows hotels to serve alcohol only to those over 21), and 21 in Dubai and the Northern Emirates (except Sharjah, where drinking alcohol is prohibited). [131] It is a punishable offence to drink, or to be under the influence of alcohol, in public. [131]
Laws against drinking in public are known as open container laws, as the presence of an open container of alcohol is seen as evidence of drinking in public and is far easier to witness and prove than the act of drinking. In the United States, open container laws are state laws (rather than federal laws), and therefore they differ between states ...
Maldives (legal for foreigners at licensed establishments; transport of alcohol illegal) [26] Mauritania [27] Morocco (alcohol must be purchased and consumed in licensed hotels, bars, and tourist areas as well as being sold in most major supermarkets [28]) Norway (only sold in stores within a certain time period on weekdays. Illegal to drink in ...
0.05% for all other drivers. Driving with 0.15% BAC by mass and above (legally defined as Drunk Driving) is a distinct offence from having over 0.08% but under 0.15% BAC, and is subject to heavier penalties. Persistent offenders may be barred from driving for terms up to and including life, and may be imprisoned.
The legal system of Singapore is based on the English common law system. Major areas of law – particularly administrative law, contract law, equity and trust law, property law and tort law – are largely judge-made, though certain aspects have now been modified to some extent by statutes. However, other areas of law, such as criminal law ...