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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 18, 1931. 921

5.-(1) No tickets, lists, receipts, or other substitutes Restriction for tickets recording the numbers of the chances allocated on sale of for any cash-sweep, totalisator or pari-mutuel may be tickets, made, printed, issued, sold or offered for sale, except by chances and

hawking of or on behalf of a club which has received the permission advertise- of the Inspector General of Police under this Ordinance. ments.

(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.

6.—(1) On every bet made on any totalisator or Duty on pari-mutuel authorised under this Ordinance there shall be totalisator or charged a duty of three per cent. of the amount paid, pari-mutuel bets and on contributed or subscribed.

cash-sweeps.

(2) On every cash-sweep ticket sold and on every cash- sweep chance allocated by list as provided in section 4 there shall be charged a duty of five per cent. of the amount paid, contributed or subscribed.

(3) The secretary, treasurer and every steward and member of the committee of management of the club, as well as the club itself if a corporation, shall be jointly and severally liable for the duty payable.

7.-(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations Regulations. for securing the payment of duty and generally for carry-

fng the provisions of this Ordinance into effect.

(2) Subject to the exercise of the above powers, the regulations contained in the Schedule shall be in force Schedule. from the commencement of this Ordinance and shall be deemed to have been made under this Ordinance.

8. Any person who, and the secretary, treasurer and Penalties. every steward or member of the committee of management of any club which, acts in contravention of, or fails to comply with any provision of this Ordinance or of any regulation made or condition imposed thereunder for which no other penalty is provided shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

9.--(1) Section 2 of the Gambling Ordinance, 1891, as Repeals and amended by section 2 of the Gambling Amendment Amendments.. Ordinance, 1930, is amended by the deletion of the words Ordinance "other than sweepstakes conducted in accordance with the No. 2 of provisions of section 18 of this Ordinance and by the 1891.

substitution therefor of the words :-

"other than totalisators, pari-mutuels and cash- sweeps authorised under the Betting Tax Ordi- nance, 1931, and other than the sweepstakes subscriptions contributed towards the prizes for the owners of winners and placed horses or ponies in horse and pony races conducted by race, jockey or hunt clubs."

(2) Section 18 of the Gambling Ordinance, 1891, as enacted by section 3 of the Gambling Amendment Ordinance, 1930 is repealed.

(3) The Gambling Amendment Ordinance, 1930, is repealed.

Ordinance No. 12 of 1930.

10. This Ordinance shall come into operation on the Commence- first day of January, 1932.

Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 17th day of December, 1931.

ment.

R. A. C. NORTH,

Deputy Clerk of Councils.