WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 3

3.

(a)     (1) Alcoholic Beverages Generally. [No alcoholic] ALCOHOLIC beverages
[shall] MAY NOT be bought, possessed, stored, imported, transported, kept or suffered
to be bought, possessed, stored, imported, transported or kept in any vehicle, vessel or
aircraft or on any premises or under [his] THE charge or control [by] OF any person
except: (i) by a [consumer] CONSUMER, or[,] (ii) by a licensee as provided in this
[article] ARTICLE, or[,] (iii) by a person under 21 years of age who [may have] HAS in
[his] THE PERSON'S possession or [transport] IS TRANSPORTING alcoholic beverages
for any lawful purpose with the knowledge and consent of [his] THE PERSON'S parent or
guardian or incident to the lawful employment of the person as provided for in this
article. However, this exception [shall] DOES not [be construed to] permit a person
under the age of 21 to buy or consume alcoholic beverages, nor to possess, store, import,
transport or keep alcoholic beverages for his own use, nor to buy, possess, store, import,
transport or keep alcoholic beverages for any purpose in any county or Baltimore City
where otherwise prohibited by this article or any other law of this State.

[(3)] (2) Sales. [It shall be unlawful for any] A person [to] MAY NOT sell,
or suffer to be sold, or for the purpose of sale [to] transport, buy, possess, keep or suffer
to be transported, bought, possessed or kept in any vehicle, vessel or aircraft or on any
premises or under [his] THE PERSON'S charge or control any alcoholic beverages unless
otherwise provided for in this article or the Tax - General Article.

[(4)] (3) Manufacture. [It shall be unlawful for any] A person [to] MAY
NOT manufacture, blend, rectify, bottle or suffer to be manufactured, blended, rectified
or bottled any alcoholic beverages except on premises licensed under this article unless
otherwise provided for in this article.

[(5)] (4) Unlawful Manufacturing - Devices. [It shall be unlawful for any]
A person [to] MAY NOT buy, bargain, sell, borrow, lend, manufacture, possess, transport
or suffer to be bought, bargained, sold, lent, manufactured, possessed or transported any
apparatus, materials, equipment, implements, devices or other personal property
designed, used or intended for use directly or immediately in connection with the
unlawful manufacture of. alcoholic beverages. [Such] THE apparatus, materials,
equipment, implements, devices or other personal property shall be deemed contraband
and may be confiscated and forfeited as [hereinafter] provided in this article.

[(6)] (5) Same - Transportation Equipment. Any vehicle, vessel or aircraft
used with the express or implied knowledge, consent or permission of its lawful owner for
the purpose of violating any of the provisions of this article relating to the unlawful
manufacture of alcoholic beverages or which is used to transport, store or secrete illicit
alcoholic beverages shall be deemed contraband and may be confiscated by the
Comptroller or his duly authorized enforcement officers and may be forfeited as
[hereinafter] provided for in this article.

(b)     (1) A license or permit is not required for the manufacture of family wine,
beer, or cider exclusively for home consumption, competition, or use in a licensed
national family wine exhibition and not for sale.

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