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Gambling
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Search of suspected gambling
establishments.
(4) The Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing may cancel any such licence at any time- (Amended, L.N. 164/77 and L.N. 110/80)
(a) if a condition of the licence is contravened whether or not any person has been convicted of an offence under subsection (6); or
(b) he considers that the public interest so requires.
(5) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing under this section may appeal by way of petition to the Governor within 21 days of the decision and on any such appeal the Governor may confirm, vary or reverse the decision of the Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing. (Amended, L.N. 164/77 and L.N. 110/80)
(6) Where a condition of any such licence is contravened, the person to whom the licence was issued commits an offence unless he proves that the contravention occurred without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent it.
(7) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (6) is liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
23. (1) A police officer of or above the rank of superintendent may, if he reasonably suspects that any premises or place are or is a gambling establishment, authorize in writing any police officer to enter and search the premises or place.
(2) A police officer to whom an authorization is issued under subsection (1), and any other police officer acting under his direction, may-
(a) enter, by force if necessary, the premises or place specified
in the authorization and search the same;
(b) arrest any person who is found in such premises or place or
who escapes from such premises or place;
(c) search any person who is found in such premises or place
or who escapes from such premises or place;
(d) seize and detain any gambling equipment found in such premises or place or found on any person in such premises or place or found on any person who escapes from such premises or place;
(e) seize and detain any money or other property-
(i) being used in or for or in connexion with gambling in such premises or place;
(ii) found on any person operating, or managing or otherwise controlling, any gambling establishment in such premises or place or on any person assisting in the operation or in the management or other control of any such establishment; or
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12
CAP. 148]
Gambling
[1986 Ed.
Search of suspected gambling
establishments.
(4) The Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing may cancel any such licence at any time- (Amended, L.N. 164/77 and L.N. 110/80)
(a) if a condition of the licence is contravened whether or not any person has been convicted of an offence under subsec- tion (6); or
(b) he considers that the public interest so requires.
(5) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner for Television and Entertainment Licensing under this section may appeal by way of petition to the Governor within 21 days of the decision and on any such appeal the Governor may confirm, vary or reverse the decision of the Commissioner for Television and Enter- tainment Licensing. (Amended, L.N. 164/77 and L.N. 110/80)
(6) Where a condition of any such licence is contravened, the person to whom the licence was issued commits an offence unless he proves that the contravention occurred without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all due diligence to prevent it.
(7) Any person who commits an offence under subsection (6) is liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.
23. (1) A police officer of or above the rank of superintendent may, if he reasonably suspects that any premises or place are or is a gambling establishment, authorize in writing any police officer to enter and search the premises or place.
(2) A police officer to whom an authorization is issued under subsection (1), and any other police officer acting under his direc- tion, may-
(a) enter, by force if necessary, the premises or place specified
in the authorization and search the same;
(b) arrest any person who is found in such premises or place or
who escapes from such premises or place;
(c) search any person who is found in such premises or place
or who escapes from such premises or place;
(d) seize and detain any gambling equipment found in such premises or place or found on any person in such premises or place or found on any person who escapes from such premises or place;
(e) seize and detain any money or other property-
(i) being used in or for or in connexion with gambling in such premises or place;
(ii) found on any person operating, or managing or otherwise controlling, any gambling establishment in such premises or place or on any person assisting in the opera- tion or in the management or other control of any such establishment; or
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