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C.S.O. 3215/30.
[No. 39-3.12 31.-4.]
;
A BILL
INTITULED
Short title.
Authorisation of Club
on horse and pony races.
An Ordinance to make provision for the tax- ation of bets on authorised totalisators or pari-mutuels and on contributions or sub- scriptions towards authorised cash-sweeps.
BE it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Betting Duty Ordinance, 1931.
2. Ordinary Social or sporting clubs in the Colony may, with the permission in writing in each case of the Cash-sweeps Inspector General of Police, and subject to such condi- tions as he may see fit to impose, conduct cash-sweeps on horse or pony races provided that not less than ninety per cent., or in the case of a club organising the race not ess than eighty per cent. of the total contributions or ubscriptions, after deduction of the duty shall be devoted o prizes for the subscribers.
Authorisation
or
pari-mutuel betting on horse or pony races.
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3. Ordinary race, jockey or hunt clubs which organise of totalisator meetings for horse or pony races in the Colony may, with the permission in writing of the Inspector General of Police, and subject to such conditions as he may see fit to impose, conduct totalisator or pari-mutuel betting on the race course premises on such races provided that not less than ninety per cent, of the total bets after deduction of the duty, shall be devoted to prizes for the ticket- holders.
Allocation of
4(1) In the case of cash-sweeps organised by clubs chances in
in the Colony the chances shall be allocated by numbered cash-sweeps. tickets issued in books with or without counterfoils as the
Inspector General of Police may decide.
Restriction
on sale of tickets, hawking of chances and advertise- ments.
(2) In the case of cash-sweeps organised by clubs or other bodies elsewhere, ordinary social, sporting, race, jockey or hunt clubs in the Colony as agents for the organising club or other body and with the permission in writing of the Inspector General of Police may provide lists of numbers, against which their members may sign their names as subscribers for chances, or may issue books of numbered tickets as the Inspector General of Police may decide.
5.-(1) No tickets, lists, receipts, or other substitutes for tickets recording the numbers of the chances allocated for any cash-sweep, totalisator or pari-mutuel may be made, printed, issued, sold or offered for sale, except by or on behalf of a club which has received the permission of the Inspector General of Police under this Ordinance.
(2) No hawking of chances in the streets or public advertisements of cash-sweeps or of totalisator or pari- mutuel betting shall be permitted: Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall prevent the publication of results after the race in question or after any drawing in relation thereto.