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(a) The proclamation may impose a curfew prohibiting in certain areas and during certain periods the appearance in public of anyone who is not a member of an exempted class. The proclamation shall specify the geographical area(s) and the period during each 24- hour day to which the curfew applies. The chairperson may exempt from some or all the curfew restrictions class of people whose exemption the chairperson finds necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare. The proclamation shall state the exempted classes and the restrictions from which each is exempted. (b) Unless otherwise specified in the proclamation,the curfew shall apply during the specified period each day until the chairperson by proclamation removes the curfew. Sec. 10-136.- Restrictions on dangerous weapons and substances. (a) The proclamation may prohibit the possession, transportation, sale, purchase, storage, and use of gasoline, and dangerous weapons and substances, off one's own premises, except this Article does not authorize prohibitions or restrictions on lawfully possessed firearms or ammunition. As used in this Article, the term dangerous weapons and substances has the same meaning as it does in North Carolina General Statute 14-288.1 and the word firearm has the same meaning as it does under North Carolina General Statute 14- 409.32(2). The chairperson may exempt from some or all of the restriction's classes of people whose possession, transfer, or transportation or certain dangerous weapons or substances is necessary to the preservation of the public's health, safety or welfare. The proclamation shall state the exempted classes and the restrictions from which each is exempted. (b) The proclamation may prohibit the possession or consumption of alcoholic beverage, including beer, wine, and spirituous liquor, other than on one's own premise and may prohibit the transfer, transportation, sale or purchase of any alcoholic beverage within the area of the county described in the proclamation. The prohibition, if imposed, may apply to transfer of alcoholic beverages by employees of alcoholic beverage control stores as well as by anyone else within the geographical area described. (c) If imposed, the restrictions shall apply throughout the jurisdiction of the county or such part thereof as designated in the proclamation. Sec. 10-137.- Restrictions on access to areas. (a) The proclamation may prohibit obtaining access or attempting to obtain access to any areas, with clearly posted notice or barricade indicating that access is denied or restricted. (b) Areas to which access is denied or restricted shall be designated by the sheriff and his subordinates or other law enforcement officers when directed in the proclamation to do so by the chairperson. When acting under his authority, the sheriff and his subordinates may restrict or deny access to any area, street, highway or location within the unincorporated area of the county if that restriction or denial of access or use is