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liquor sales after 11 p.m.: Excise Chief The ban applies to wine stores, hotels and restaurants. According to the law, wine stores could sell liquor only from 9 am to 9 pm. Hotel restaurants could sell liquor from 7 am to 11 p.m. while restaurants, nightclubs, bars and Karaoke clubs can sell liquor from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Excise Commissioner R.B. Bandara said this law in existence for over 10 years was not properly implemented due to the government encouraging nightlife in Colombo and other urban areas. "If one does not follow the rules their licences would be cancelled," he said. "All types of liquor, even those with a small percentage of alcohol such as beer and wine should not be sold after 11 pm," he said. |
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