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<section article="gab" article_name="Alcoholic Beverages and Cannabis" number="10-2702" title_number="10" title_name="City of Annapolis" subtitle_number="27" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not sell or provide directly or indirectly alcoholic beverages to an individual under the age of 21 years for the individual’s own use or for the use of any other person.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A defendant may not be found guilty of selling alcoholic beverages to an individual under the age of 21 years if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the individual willfully represented that the individual is at least 21 years old and obtained an alcoholic beverage; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the defendant proves at the trial that:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>misrepresentation of age occurred;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>due caution was used in ascertaining the age of the individual before providing the alcoholic beverage to the individual;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>in the exercise of due caution, the defendant was deceived by the use of documentary evidence; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>because of the use of documentary evidence, the defendant was unable to ascertain that the individual was under the age of 21 years.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>The City Council may provide by ordinance that a violation of this section is a municipal infraction.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The granting of probation before judgment to a license holder or an employee of the license holder for a violation of this section does not bar the Board from proceeding administratively against the license holder for the violation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
