Clause 4

No person shall —

sell or offer for sale cigarettes by retail; or (b)permit the sale or offer for sale of cigarettes by retail,except in a package that contains not less than the prescribed number of cigarettes.(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine not exceeding $20,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.(3) In subsection (1) —“package” —

means any box, carton or other container in which cigarettes are supplied by the manufacturer or importer of the cigarettes for the purpose of sale by retail; and

includes, in the case where the package is, or several packages are, contained inside one or more larger packages, the smaller package or each of the smaller packages, as the case may be;“prescribed number of cigarettes” means —

20 cigarettes, where no other number of cigarettes is specified under paragraph (b); or

where a number of cigarettes is specified under this paragraph by the Minister for the purposes of this section by notification in the Gazette, such number of cigarettes as may for the time being be so specified.”.