GAM
GAMBLING.
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No. 2 of 1891.
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conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars: same to be Provided that no prosecution under this section shall be commenced without the fiat of the Attorney General.
64
owner
(2) In this section,
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.
used as common
gaming house. 17 & 18 Vict.
c. 38, s. 4.
common
6. The keeper of a common gaming house shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one 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) Every person who-
(a) plays in a common gaming house; (b) buys any lottery ticket; or
Playing in
common
gaming house, or dealing in
tickets.
•
(c) makes any bet in a common gaming house; or pays lottery or receives any money or valuable thing in a common gaming house for any of the considerations mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph (a) of section 2,
shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
(2) Every 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 not exceeding one thousand dollars.
(3) Every 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.
(4) Every person found in possession of any lottery ticket shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have the said ticket in his possession with a view to sale.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937. As amended by No. 5 of 1936 [31.1.36].
GAM
GAMBLING.
**
No. 2 of 1891.
345
conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars: same to be Provided that no prosecution under this section shall be com- menced without the fiat of the Attorney General.
64
owner
(2) In this section,
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.
used as common
gaming house. 17 & 18 Vict.
c. 38, s. 4.
common
6. The keeper of a common gaming house shall upon sum- Keeping mary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand gaming dollars, and imprisonment: Provided that the aggregate term house. 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) plays in a common gaming house; (b) buys any lottery ticket; or
Playing in
common
gaming house, or dealing in
tickets.
•
(c) makes any bet in a common gaming house; or pays lottery or receives any money or valuable thing in a common gaming house for any of the considerations mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph (a) of section 2,
shall upon summary conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
(2) Every 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 not exceeding one thousand dollars.
(3) Every 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.
(4) Every person found in possession of any lottery ticket shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have the said ticket in his possession with a view to sale.
As amended by Law Rev. Ord., 1937. As amended by No. 5 of 1936 [31.1.36].
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