13. Notwithstanding any Act or by-law to the contrary, no sales tax on the purchase at retail of tobacco by a consumer may be levied by any municipal corporation, and any such sales tax imposed by any such municipal corporation on the purchase at retail of tobacco has been abolished since 1 July 1940.
This section shall also apply to cigars sold at a retail price of $0.05 or less each and to raw leaf tobacco.
R. S. 1964, c. 72, s. 13.