# Licensing Act 1872, Section 12: Penalty on persons found drunk.


Every person found drunk in any highway or other public place, whether a building or not, or on any licensed premises, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
Every person ... who is drunk while in charge on any highway or other public place of any carriage, horse, cattle, or steam engine, or who is drunk when in possession of any loaded firearms, ... shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale, or in the discretion of the court to imprisonment ... for any term not exceeding one month.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/35-36/94/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/licensing-act-1872/section-12
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