The Government of Delhi on December 05, 2024, issued the notification regarding serving liquor to under age person.
The following has been stated namely: -
• All the license holders of Hotels/Clubs/Restaurants are hereby directed to be more careful and to not serve liquor to any person under the age of 25 years without verifying the age through Government IDs.
• All the license holders are advised to verify customers' age only with the physical ID instead of virtual IDs shown on the mobile phones (except govt. portals for eg. Digilocker) to minimize the chances of verification of age through fake/edited digital IDs.
• Non-compliance of above direction, may invite punitive action under the Delhi Excise Act 2009 and Rules framed thereunder.
[Notification No. Exc-hcr/(176215)/49/2023-HCR/3891-3894]
