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Prohibition of sponsorship.
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7.—The Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 36:
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“36.—(1) A person who engages in sponsorship in contravention of the Directive of 2003 shall be guilty of an offence.
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(2) It shall be an offence for a person to give financial or other assistance, or cause financial or other assistance to be given, to or for the benefit of a person, or for or in relation to an event or activity, in consideration of the—
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(a) use, display or advertising by the person, or at the event or activity concerned,
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(b) association with the person, event or activity, or
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(c) promotion,
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of a tobacco product, the name of a tobacco manufacturer or importer, the name of a brand of tobacco product or a trademark, emblem, marketing image or logo used in the marketing of a tobacco product.
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(3) It shall be an offence for a person to receive financial or other assistance to which subsection (2) applies.
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(4) In this section ‘sponsorship’ has the same meaning as it has in the Directive of 2003.”.
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