A.D. 1891.]
GAMBLING.
[No. 2.
penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars: Provided that no prosecution against an owner under this section shall be commenced without the fiat of the Attorney General.
(2.) The expression "owner" as used in this section means and includes the holder of any tenement direct from the Crown, whether under lease, license, or otherwise, or the immediate landlord of any tenement, or the agent of any such holder or landlord who is absent or under disability.
common gaming house. 17 & 18 Vict., c. 38 s. 4.
6. The keeper of a common gaming house shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour, or to both: Provided that such penalty shall in no case exceed the sum of one thousand dollars and that the aggregate term of imprisonment imposed, whether for default in payment of the penalty or otherwise, shall in no case exceed the term of nine months.
7. (1.) Every person who-
(a.) lays in a common gaming house; or
(b.) sells or buys, or in any way deals in lottery tickets,
shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
(2.) A person found in a common gaming house or found escaping therefrom on the occasion of its being entered under this Ordinance shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to be or to have been playing therein.
Playing in common gaming house, or dealing in lottery tickets.
Repeated
Substituted by Ord. 4/1882
8. Every person who furnishes or advances money for the purpose of gaming in any common gaming house or for the purpose of establishing or conducting a common gaming house or a lottery shall, on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Advancing money for purpose of gaming.
9. Every person who-
(1.) declares or exhibits, expressly or otherwise, the winner or winning number, ticket, lot, figure, design, symbol, or other result of any lottery; or
(2.) writes, prints, or publishes, or causes to be written, printed, or published, any lottery ticket or list of prizes, or any announcement of the result of a lottery, or any announcement relating to a lottery; or
announces or publishes, or causes to be announced or published, either orally or by means of any print, writing, design, sign, or otherwise, that any place is opened, kept, or used as a common gaming house,
on summary conviction, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Declaring winner of lottery, etc.