# Children and Young Persons Act 1933, Section 5: Giving intoxicating liquor to children under five.

Extent: E+W

If any person gives, or causes to be given, to any child under the age of five years any alcohol (within the meaning given by section 191 of the Licensing Act 2003, but disregarding subsection (1)(f) to (i) of that section), except upon the order of a duly qualified medical practitioner, or in case of sickness, apprehended sickness, or other urgent cause, he shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo5/23-24/12/section/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/children-and-young-persons-act-1933/section-5
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