§ 204. Consuming or inhaling intoxicants in public places—Penalties

Cite as: 37 CNCA § 204

Any person who shall, in any public place, or in or upon any passenger streetcar or in or upon any vehicle commonly used for the transportation of passengers, or in or about any depot, platform, waiting station or room, otherwise consume any intoxicating liquor unless authorized by law, intoxicating substance, or intoxicating compound of any kind, or inhale glue, paint or other intoxicating substance, if any person shall be drunk or intoxicated in any public or private road, or passenger coach, streetcar, or any public place or building, or at any gathering, from drinking or consuming such intoxicating liquor, intoxicating substance or intoxicating compound or from inhalation of glue, paint or other intoxicating substance, or if any person shall be drunk or intoxicated cause and shall disturb the peace of any person, he shall be guilty of a crime, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment for not less than five (5) days nor more than thirty (30) thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Historical Data

LA 09–91, eff. April 13, 1991. Amended LA 04–15, eff. March 11, 2015.