(a) Any section or provision of this title which purports to authorize or to license the manufacture, distribution, sale, transportation, importation, purchase or possession of alcoholic liquor, as defined in § 101 of this title, shall be effective only when and to such extent as may be permitted under the Constitutions of the United States and of the State, or under the statutes thereof.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 103

  • Commissioner: means the person appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate who serves as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commissioner for the State. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
  • License: means any license or permit to manufacture, to sell, to purchase, to transport, to import or to possess alcoholic liquor authorized or issued by the Commissioner under the provisions of Chapter 5 of this title. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
  • Manufacture: means distill, rectify, ferment, brew, make, mix, concoct or process any substance or substances capable of producing a beverage containing more than 1/2 of 1% of alcohol by volume and includes blending, bottling or other preparation for sale. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
  • Sale: means every act of selling as defined in this section. See Delaware Code Title 4 Sec. 101
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) At such time or times as the manufacture and sale of alcoholic liquor is permitted in any of the districts created by § 2, article XIII of the Constitution of this State, such manufacture and sale shall be regulated under the provisions of this title and by the Commissioner mentioned in § 301 of this title.

38 Del. Laws, c. 18, §§ ?2, 4; Code 1935, §§ ?6131(2), 6133(2); 4 Del. C. 1953, § ?103; 72 Del. Laws, c. 486, § ?5;