138. When it is proved that, in any premises for which a permit is required, a person, other than the occupant of such premises, has actually consumed or was about to consume an alcoholic beverage, there shall be a simple presumption, against the holder of the permit or the occupant of the said premises, that such beverage was sold to the person who consumed or was about to consume it, or who took it away or was about to take it away.
1971, c. 19, s. 142; 1979, c. 71, s. 146; 1999, c. 40, s. 150.