CAP. 334]
Government Lotteries
[1973 Ed.
Duties of the Committee.
Proceeds of lotteries.
(a) such member as the Chairman may in his discretion direct
to preside for the purposes of that meeting; or (b) in the absence of any such direction by the Chairman, one member of the Committee elected from among those members present at such meeting.
(3) At any meeting of the Committee three members shall be a quorum.
(4) The validity of any proceedings of the Committee shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members thereof or by any defect in the appointment of any member thereof.
(5) Any question to be determined at a meeting of the Committee shall be determined by a majority of the members present and voting thereon.
(6) The Chairman at any meeting of the Committee shall have an original vote and also, if upon any question the votes shall be equally divided, a casting vote.
(7) The Committee may make standing orders for regulating the procedure at, and in connexion with, its meetings.
5. It shall be the duty of the Committee from time to time to conduct or cause to be conducted lotteries and to do such other things as the Governor may, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance or any rules made thereunder, direct in connexion therewith.
6. (1) The proceeds of the sale of tickets in a lottery shall be paid into the Lotteries Fund as soon as practicable after the sale of such tickets.
(2) Sixty per cent, or as close to that proportion as is practicable, of the proceeds of the sale of tickets in a lottery shall be apportioned as prizes in such manner as the Committee, subject to the direction of the Governor, may determine.
(3) All expenses arising out of the conduct of a lottery or the operation of the Committee shall be paid out of the Lotteries Fund.
(4) The Financial Secretary, after making due allowance for any payments which may be outstanding under subsections (2) and (3), may appropriate from the Lotteries Fund moneys for the purpose of financing, by way of grant, loan or advance, the support and development of such social welfare services in the Colony as the Governor, after consultation with the Social Welfare Advisory Committee, may approve. (Amended, 66 of 1973, s. 3)
(5) [Deleted, 66 of 1973, s. 3]
(6) The Legislative Council may by resolution amend subsection (2) so as to vary the proportion of the proceeds of the sale of tickets in a lottery which is to be apportioned as prizes.
(Replaced, 33 of 1967, s. 3)
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CAP. 334]
Government Lotteries
[1973 Ed.
Duties of the Committee.
Proceeds of lotteries.
(a) such member as the Chairman may in his discretion direct
to preside for the purposes of that meeting; or (b) in the absence of any such direction by the Chairman, one member of the Committee elected from among those members present at such meeting.
(3) At any meeting of the Committee three members shall be a quorum.
(4) The validity of any proceedings of the Committee shall not be affected by any vacancy among the members thereof or by any defect in the appointment of any member thereof.
(5) Any question to be determined at a meeting of the Com- mittee shall be determined by a majority of the members present and voting thereon.
(6) The Chairman at any meeting of the Committee shall have an original vote and also, if upon any question the votes shall be equally divided, a casting vote.
(7) The Committee may make standing orders for regulating the procedure at, and in connexion with, its meetings.
5. It shall be the duty of the Committee from time to time to conduct or cause to be conducted lotteries and to do such other things as the Governor may, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance or any rules made thereunder, direct in connexion therewith.
6. (1) The proceeds of the sale of tickets in a lottery shall be paid into the Lotteries Fund as soon as practicable after the sale of such tickets.
(2) Sixty per cent, or as close to that proportion as is practi- cable, of the proceeds of the sale of tickets in a lottery shall be apportioned as prizes in such manner as the Committee, subject to the direction of the Governor, may determine.
(3) All expenses arising out of the conduct of a lottery or the operation of the Committee shall be paid out of the Lotteries Fund.
(4) The Financial Secretary, after making due allowance for any payments which may be outstanding under subsections (2) and (3), may appropriate from the Lotteries Fund moneys for the purpose of financing, by way of grant, loan or advance, the support and development of such social welfare services in the Colony as the Governor, after consultation with the Social Welfare Advisory Committee, may approve. (Amended, 66 of 1973, s. 3)
(5) [Deleted, 66 of 1973, s. 3]
(6) The Legislative Council may by resolution amend sub- section (2) so as to vary the proportion of the proceeds of the sale of tickets in a lottery which is to be apportioned as prizes.
(Replaced, 33 of 1967, s. 3)
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