Sec. 11. An unbroken bottle or container which contains, or has contained, liquor or wine and which bears a brand, label, trade-mark, name or other device, marking, inscription, or a reference to quality, nature, character, origin, or manufacturer of the alcoholic beverage contents of that bottle or container, that has been altered, defaced, restored, or upon which the tax stamp of the federal government has been forged, counterfeited, restored, or reused, or which brand, label, trade-mark, name or other device, marking or inscription does not truly describe the contents or former contents shall be received in evidence in a court as prima facie proof that the person chargeable with the possession of it either is, or was, or both, maintaining a public nuisance and either is, or was, or both, keeping and possessing misbranded or adulterated alcoholic beverages.

[Pre-1973 Recodification Citation: 7-1-1-39.]

Formerly: Acts 1973, P.L.55, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.56, SEC.4. As amended by P.L.194-2021, SEC.20.