§ 3-5-12 Licensees to keep or sell legal
beverages only – Minimum size of containers. –
Only beverages which have been legally manufactured and on which all taxes and
charges, federal and state, have been paid, shall be kept for sale or sold by a
licensee. Holders of Class B, C, D, I and J licenses shall not have on the
licensed premises distilled or vinous beverages in the containers, nor bottles,
flasks or containers of less capacity than twenty-three ounces (23 oz.).
Holders of Class B wholesaler's licenses, Class G retailer's licenses, Class
B-H retailer's licenses and Class A retailer's licenses are authorized to keep
for sale and to sell distilled beverages in containers of a minimum capacity of
fifty milliliters (50 mls.) or one and seven tenths ounces (1.7 oz.).
(P.L. 1933, ch. 2013, § 5; P.L. 1934, ch. 2088, § 2; P.L. 1935, ch.
2270, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 163, § 3; P.L. 1940, ch. 814, § 4;
impl. am. P.L. 1952, ch. 3004, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 3-5-12; P.L. 1966,
ch. 218, § 2; P.L. 1985, ch. 66, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 535, §
1.)