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(a) the whole proceeds of the entertain-
ment (including the proceeds of the lottery) after dedueting-
(i) the expenses of the entertainment, excluding expenses incurred in connection with the lottery; and
(ii) the expenses incurred in printing
tickets in the lottery; and
(iii) such sum (if any) not exceeding two hundred dollars as the promoters of the lottery think £t to appropriate on account of any expense incurred by them in purchasing prizes in the lottery, shall be devoted to purposes other than private gain;
(b) none of the prizes in the lottery shull
be money prizes;
(c) tickets or chances in the lottery shall not be sold or issued, nor shall the result of the lottery be declared, except on the premises on which the enter- tainment takes place and during the progress of the entertainment; and
(d) the facilities afforded for participating in lotteries shall not be the only, or the only substantial, inducement to persons to attend the entertainment.
(3) The entertainments to which this section applies are balls, dances, dinners and bazaars, sales of work, fêtes and other entertainments of a similar character, whether limited to one day or extending over. two or more days.
(4) If any of the conditions prescribed in sub- section (2) hereof is broken, every person concerned in the promotion or conduct of a lottery which is an incident of an entertainment to which this section applies shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge and shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for a terii not exceeding sis month."
Passed the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, this 30th day
of March, 1949.
J.L. #wand.
Deputy Clerk of Councils,