Gazette allowing liquor sales to women rescinded

18 January 2018 12:15 pm

Based on a request by the Cabinet, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera has rescinded the gazette notifications which had permitted the sale of liquor to women, employing them in liquor shops and extending the opening hours of liquor shops.

Accordingly, the prohibition on selling liquor to women and employing women in places where liquor is manufactured or sold has been re-imposed under Excise Notification No 04 of 2018 signed by the Minister Samaraweera.

The other gazette Extraordinary containing the Excise Notification No 03 of 2018 has re-introduced the previous business hours for liquor establishments.