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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="1-401" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="General Licensing Regulation">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Unless otherwise provided for in this article or the Tax – General Article, a person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>sell alcoholic beverages;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>allow alcoholic beverages to be sold;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>accept or deliver alcoholic beverages; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>for the purpose of sale, transport, buy, possess, or keep alcoholic beverages or allow alcoholic beverages to be transported, bought, possessed, or kept:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in a vehicle, a water vessel, or an aircraft;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on any premises; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>under the person’s charge or control.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, a person may not buy, possess, store, import, transport, or keep alcoholic beverages or allow alcoholic beverages to be bought, possessed, stored, imported, transported, or kept:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>in a vehicle, a water vessel, or an aircraft;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>on any premises; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>under the person’s charge or control.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may perform an activity listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection if the person is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a consumer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>subject to the requirements under this article, a license holder; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>an individual under the age of 21 years who possesses or is transporting alcoholic beverages for a lawful purpose:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>with the knowledge and consent of the individual’s parent or guardian; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>incident to the lawful employment of the individual under this article.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Except as provided in § 1–411 of this subtitle, an individual under the age of 21 years may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>buy, consume, possess, store, import, transport, or keep alcoholic beverages for the individual’s own use; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>buy, possess, store, import, transport, or keep alcoholic beverages for any purpose in a jurisdiction where prohibited under State law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
