Prohibition in Canada

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ID9766634
AuthorsCyril D Boyce (Moderation League of Ontario, Canada, corresponding author)
Year1923
Volume109
Issue1
Pages225-229
Publication date1923-09-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000271622310900125
OpenAlexW1967541455
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Without going into earlier attempts to achieve prohibition, we may begin with the Canada Temperance Act, usually known as the Scott Act, which is the legislative foundation of Canadian prohibition. The Scott Act (which has since been amended more than once) is a local option on a big scale. It provided that, on a petition signed by 25 per cent of the electors of any county or city, a vote should be taken to determine whether prohibition should be enforced, and a bare majority sufficed. If there was a majority for enforcement, prohibition was enacted for three years. The prohibition extended to the sale of any intoxicating liquor, except the sale of wine for exclusively sacramental purposes by druggists and specially licensed vendors, and the sale for exclusively medical purposes, on a certificate of a medical man, or for bona fide use in some art, trade or manufacture, on a certificate of Justice of the Peace. The penalty for selling liquor contrary to the law was a fine of not less than $50, or imprisonment for one month, with or without hard labor, for the first offense, and double these penalties for the second offense; for a third or a subsequent offense, the penalty was imprisonment for a term of not exceeding four months, with or without hard labor, without the option of a fine

Political science · Historical and Scientific Studies · Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties

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