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312.470. Any person in this state who shall sell or offer for sale any nonintoxicating beer in the original package without a permit as authorized by this chapter; or who shall open any original package containing nonintoxicating beer on the premises where purchased; or who shall drink any nonintoxicating beer purchased in the original package on the premises where purchased; or who shall in any place of business in this state where goods, wares and merchandise, including articles of food and drink served for consumption at the place of sale, are kept or offered for sale, drink any nonintoxicating beer purchased in the original package, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than one year or by a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one thousand dollars or by both such fine and jail sentence.

(RSMo 1939 § 4979)