Gambling.
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gaming for
4. In case of any complaint made under this Ordinance, it shall not be necessary to prove that any person found playing at any game was playing for any money, wager, or stake.
5. (1) Any person, being the owner of any place, who knowingly permits the same to be opened, kept, or used by another person as a common gaming house shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars: Provided that no prosecution under this section shall be commenced without the fiat of the Attorney General.
(2) In this section, "owner" includes the holder of any tenement direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence, or otherwise, or the immediate landlord of any tenement, or the agent of any such holder or landlord who is absent or under disability.
money not 8 & 9 Vict.
necessary.
c. 109, s. 5.
owner of
Penalty on place, same to be common house.
permitting
used as
gaming
17 & 18 Vict. c. 38, s. 4.
22 of 1950, Schedule,
common
house.
6. The keeper of a common gaming house shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of five thousand dollars and imprisonment: Provided 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) Any person who-
(a) plays in a common gaming house;
(b) buys any lottery ticket; or
(c) makes any bet in a common gaming house; or pays or receives any money or valuable thing in a common gaming house for any of the considerations mentioned in paragraph (c) of the definition of "common gaming house" in section 2,
22 of 1950,
Playing in
common
gaming house, or dealing in lottery
tickets.
Schedule.
shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of two hundred and fifty dollars.
(2) Any person who sells or has in his possession with a view to sale any lottery ticket shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine of two thousand dollars.
(3) Any person found in a common gaming house or found escaping therefrom on the occasion of its being entered under this Ordinance shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to be or to have been playing therein.
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22 of 1950, Schedule.