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(2) A permit granted under this section shall- (a) be valid for such period, not exceeding twelve months, as may be specified therein by the Commissioner of Police:
(b) be subject to a condition that none of the prizes in the competition shall be money prizes.
(3) The Commissioner of Police may attach such conditions to a permit issued under this sec- tion as he way think fit and may at any time revoke any such permit it, in his opinion, the competition bas ceased to be a trade promotion competition or there has been a breach of any condition of such permit,
(4) A fee of three hundred dollars shall be pay- able on the issue of a permit under this section.
(5) In this section, "trade promotion competi- tion" means any competition, contest, device or scheme organized and conducted solely for the pur- pose of promoting the sake of any product.
(6) A trade promotion competition in respect of which a permit bas been issued under this section shall not, so long as such permit is in force, be deemed to be a lottery within the meaning of this Ordinance.
(7) Any police officer of or above the rank of sergeant may enter any premises whereon or from which a trade promotion competition is to be or is being conducted for the purpose of ensuring that the provisions of this section and the conditions of any permit issued hereunder are being or will be com- plied with.
(8) In the event of a contravention of any of the conditions prescribed by subsection (2) or attached by the Commissioner of Police to a permit under subsection (3), every person concerned in the organi- zation or conduct of the trade promotion competition shall, if such competition would, if no permit had been issued under this section, have been a lottery, be guilty of an offence, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, and shall be liable upon summary conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.".
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This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the Bill which passed the Legislative Council on the 15th day of February, 1967, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said Bill.
Deputy Clerk of Councils.
(Secretariat GR. 46/3231/SQUI)