Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

Regulations

Purchase

An unspecified spirit shall—

(a)	be produced by the distillation of any fermented, undiluted, harmless vegetable article or any fermented, with water diluted, harmless vegetable article, except the fermented product of the vine;

[Regulation 23(a) substituted by regulation 7 of Notice No. R. 555 of 2009]

(b)	not also be a spirit of any other class specified in the table in regulation 9(1); and

(c)	have a residual sugar content of not more than 1,0 gram per litre;

[Regulation 23(c) substituted by regulation 23 of Notice No. R. 5976, GG52263, dated 14 March 2025]

(d)	have an alcohol content of at least 40 per cent; and

[Regulation 23(d) substituted by regulation 23 of Notice No. R. 5976, GG52263, dated 14 March 2025]

(e)	contain no more than 10 grams of methanol per litre of absolute alcohol if produced by the distillation of the fermented juice of fruit exclusively.

[Regulation 23(e) inserted by regulation 23 of Notice No. R. 5976, GG52263, dated 14 March 2025]