No on-sale general licensee or any person employed by such licensee shall sell, offer for sale, or keep for sale an empty distilled spirits bottle. No criminal penalty shall be imposed for a violation of this section. For such a violation the department may impose a monetary penalty of not more than one hundred dollars ($100) or suspend or revoke a license.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 25178
Distilled Spirits
Known as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act
The act spans §§ 23000–25762 (737 sections).
Repealed and added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 177.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.