Gambling.
(i) the expenses of the entertainment, excluding expenses incurred in connexion 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 fit 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 shall 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 entertainment 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, 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 subsection (2) 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 of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
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deemed not to be a lottery.
31 of 1950, s.2.
11. (1) The game of tombola promoted by a society registered under or exempted from the provisions of the Societies Ordinance, shall be deemed not to be a lottery within the meaning of this Ordinance if the permission of the Commissioner of Police, which permission may be granted or refused in his sole discretion, has been obtained in writing prior to the promotion: Provided that the conditions specified in the next succeeding subsection shall be observed in connexion with the promotion and conduct of the game.
(Cap. 151.)
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Gambling.
(i) the expenses of the entertainment, excluding expenses incurred in connexion 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 fit 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 shall 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 entertainment 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, 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 subsection (2) 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 of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for six months.
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deemed not
to be a
lottery.
31 of 1950, s.2.
11. (1) The game of tombola promoted by a society Tombola registered under or exempted from the provisions of the Societies Ordinance, shall be deemed not to be a lottery within the meaning of this Ordinance if the permission of the Commissioner of Police which permission may be (Cap. 151.) granted or refused in his sole discretion has been obtained in writing prior to the promotion: Provided that the conditions specified in the next succeeding subsection shall be observed in connexion with the promotion and conduct of the game.
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