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Power of Board to promote lotteries

permitted by the High Commis- sioner in Council.

Prospectus

of lottery to

be pub-

lished.

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(3) Every member, officer or servant of the Board shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code.

7. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Ordinance it shall be lawful for the Board, its members, officers and servants, notwithstanding any other written law to the contrary, to hold, promote, organise and administer such public lotteries as the Board may be permitted to promote under the provisions of sub- section (2) of this section and to write, print, publish, advertise, sell or distribute tickets or chances in any such lottery and to do all such other things as may be incidental to or necessary for the promotion or administration thereof.

(2) The High Commissioner in Council may, from time to time, by Order permit the Board to promote a public lottery for the purpose of raising funds to be applied in aid of any named public philanthropic, charitable, religious or educational organisation, institution, body or service, or in carrying out any specified public philanthropic, charitable, religious or educational scheme or project, or any work benefi cial to the public, or for the improvement of the social condition or for the advancement of the welfare of the public or any class thereof in some specified way or ways.

(3) The High Commissioner in Council may, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance and of any Rules made thereunder, by such Order impose such condi- tions and limitations upon the Board in respect of the promotion and administration of any lottery thereby permitted as he may think fit.

(4) Every Order made under the provisions of this section shall be published in the Gazette, as soon as practicable after the making thereof.

(5) The High Commissioner in Council may at any time revoke or amend any Order made under this section.

upon the

8. (1) The Board shall,

promotion of any lottery under this Ordinance, cause to be published in the Gazette, or in such other manner as the Chief Secretary may direct, a prospectus of such lottery which shall set forth-

(a) the general or special purposes to which the funds raised thereby will be applied;

(b) the prizes offered therein;

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(c) the number of tickets or chances therein to be offered for sale and the prices and denomi- nations of such tickets or chances;

(d) the opening and closing dates for the sale of

tickets or chances therein;

(e) the times, places and manner at or in which the winners of prizes therein will be deter- mined;

(f) the conditions subject to which any tickets or chances therein will be offered for sale and in accordance with which such lottery will be conducted;

(g) such other matters as may be prescribed. (2) No tickets or chances in any lottery shall be sold or distributed at any time before the expiration of a period of one month after the date of the publication of such prospectus relating thereto.

9. (1) No tickets or chances in any lottery promoted Tickets and by the Board under this Ordinance shall be sold or chances in a distributed otherwise than on behalf of the Board and be sold, etc.,

lottery to by a person authorised in writing in that behalf by only through the Postmaster-General and otherwise than at a Post Services. Office or through a Postal Agency established under the Post Office Ordinance, 1947.

(2) Any person who sells or offers for sale or distri- butes or attempts to distribute or who buys or offers to buy or obtains or attempts to obtain any ticket or chance in a lottery in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section or who is found with- out lawful excuse in possession of any ticket or other document entitling any person to a chance in such lottery which has been bought or obtained in contra- vention of the provisions of such sub-section shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance.

the Postal

the Board

10. (1) The Board shall cause books to be provided General and kept, and true and regular accounts to be entered accounts of therein of all moneys received and paid by the Board and Audit, and of the several purposes for which such moneys have been received and paid as well as of the assets, credits and liabilities of the Board, which books shall, at all reasonable times, be open to inspection by any member of the Board, and by the auditor appointed by the Financial Secretary, and by any other person authorised by the Financial Secretary to inspect the

same.