GAMBLING ORDINANCE

GAMBLING ORDINANCE

LAWS OF HONG KONG

GAMBLING ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 148





CHAPTER 148

GAMBLING ORDINANCE

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section Page

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. Short title ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2
2. Interpretation ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2

PART II

GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES UNLAWFUL
3. Gambling is unlawful ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4
4. Lotteries are unlawful ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6

PART III

OFFENCES RELATING TO GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES
5. Unlawful gambling establishments ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6
6. Gambling in a gambling establishment ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6
7. Bookmaking ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 6
8. Betting with a bookmaker ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7
9. Promoters of lotteries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7
10. Selling lottery tickets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7
11. Buying lottery tickets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7
12. Publications as to lotteries ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 7
13. Gambling in any place not being a gambling establishment or in a street ... ... 8
14. Providing money for unlawful gambling or for an unlawful lottery ... ... 8
15. Responsibility of owners, tenants, etc. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8
16. Cheating at gambling ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 8

PARTIV

PROOF OF OFFENCES
17. Proof of gaming for money not necessary and credit betting no defence ... ... 9
18. Burden of proof that gambling or lottery lawful ... ... ... ... 9
19. Presumptions ... ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9
20. Admissibility of evidence ...... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...10

PART V

MISCELLANEOUS
21. Disconnexion of telephone service ... .... ... ... ... ... ... 10
22. Licences ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11
23. Search of suspected gambling establishments ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 12
24. Seizure of equipment etc. in case of offence under section 13 ... ... ... ... ... 13
25. Bookmaking on racing club premises ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13
26. Forfeiture ... ........ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13
27. Obstruction of police officers ... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13
28. Regulations ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 14





CHAPTER 148

GAMBLING

To amend the law relating to gambling.

[17 February 1977.]

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Gambling Ordinance.

2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires-

'betting slip' includes the whole or any part of a document or thing, or
a copy or other reproduction of the whole or any part of a
document or thing, which, either alone or in conjunction or
combination with

(a)any other document or thing or a copy or other reproduction of
any other document or thing; or

(b)part of any document or thing or a copy or other reproduction
of part of any document or thing,

evidences the soliciting, receiving or negotiating of a bet;

(Added, 53 of 1981, s. 2)

'bookmaking' means the soliciting, receiving or negotiating of a bet by way of
trade or business whether personally or by letter, telephone, telegram or by
any other means;

'gambling' includes gaming, betting and bookmaking;

'gambling equipment' includes playing cards, dice, balls, counters,
dominoes, tiles, betting slips, lottery tickets, and any other thing
which is devised or used or maintained in or for the purposes of or
in connexion with gambling or the operation of a gambling
establishment;

'gambling establishment' includes any permises or place, whether or
not the public or a section of the public is entitled or
permitted to have access thereto, opened, kept or used, whether on
one occasion or more than one occasion, for the purposes of or in
connexion with unlawful gambling or an unlawful lottery;

'game' means a game of chance and a game of chance and skill
combined and a pretended game of chance or chance and skill
combined, and also means any game whatever in which





(a)a bank is kept by one or more of the players exclusively of the
others; or

(b)the chances of the game are not equally favourable to all the
players, including among the players, the banker or other
person by whom the game is managed or against whom the
players stake, play or bet;

'gaming' means the playing of or at any game for winnings in money or
other property whether or not any person playing the game is at
risk of losing any money or other property;

'lottery' includes

(a) a raffle;

(b) a sweepstake;

(c) tse fa

(d) hung piu

(e) po piu

(f)any competition for money or other property success in which

(i) involves guessing or estimating the results of future
events, or of past events the results of which are not
generally known; or

(ii) does not depend to a substantial degree upon the
exercise of skill by the competitors; and

(g)any game, method, device or scheme for distributing or
allotting prizes by lot or chance,

whether promoted, conducted or managed in or outside Hong
Kong, but does not include such lotteries promoted, conducted or
managed outside Hong Kong as may be prescribed;

'owner' in relation to premises means any person holding the premises
direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence or otherwise,
any mortgagee in possession and any person receiving the rent of
the premises, solely or with another and on his behalf or that of any
person or who would receive the same if such premises were let to
a tenant, and, where such owner as above defined cannot be found
or ascertained or is absent from Hong Kong or is under disability,
also means the agent of such owner;

'place' includes any ship, aircraft or vehicle, and any spot on land or
water;

'private gain' does not include the private gain of any charitable
institution or trust of a public character exempt from tax under
section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance;

'private premises' means premises to which the public have access
(whether on payment or otherwise) only by permission of the
owner, tenant or occupier of the premises;





'racing club' means any club, association or other body of persons
established for the purpose of promoting and conducting bets on
totalizators or pari-mutuels and for the purpose of promoting cash-
sweeps under the authority of the Betting Duty Ordinance;

'racing club premises' means any land or premises used by a racing
club for or in connexion with the purposes of a racing club;

'tape recording' means any tape, disc, sound track or other device in
which sounds are embodied so as to be capable with or without the
aid of some other equipment of being reproduced therefrom;

'tenant' includes sub-tenant and 'tenancy' includes sub-tenancy;

'ticket', in relation to a lottery or proposed lottery, includes the whole
or any part of a document or thing, or a copy or other reproduction
of the whole or any part of a document or thing, which, either alone
or in conjunction or combination with

(a)any other document or thing or a copy or other reproduction of
any other document or thing; or

(b)part of any document or thing or a copy or other reproduction
of part of any document or thing,

evidences the claim of any person to participate in the lottery;

'trade promotion competition' means a competition or other scheme
promoted, conducted or managed for the purpose of promoting a
trade or business or the sale of any product.

(Amended, L.N. 110180)

PART II

GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES UNLAWFUL

3. (1) Save as provided in subsections (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and
(8), gambling is unlawful.

(2) Gaming is lawful if the game is played on a social occasion in
private premises and is not promoted or conducted by way of trade or
business or for the private gain of any person otherwise than to the
extent of a person's winnings as a player of or at the game.

(3) Gaming is lawful if the game is one in which dice, dominoes,
mahjong or tin kau tiles, or playing cards are used and

(a) the game is played on a social occasion in-

(i) premises licensed as a restaurant under the Public Health
and Municipal Services Ordinance; (Amended, 10 of 1986, s.
32 (1) )





(ii) premises where intoxicating liquor is sold pursuant to a
licence or other authorization granted under any Ordinance;
or

(iii) premises occupied or used by a society which is
registered or exempted from registration under the Societies
Ordinance;

(b) a fee is not charged for admission to such premises;

(c)the game does not involve playing against a bank kept by one
or more of the players exclusively of the others; and

(d)the game is not promoted or conducted by way of trade or
business, or for the private gain of any person otherwise than
to the extent of a person's winnings as a player of or at the
game.

(4) Gaming is lawful if the game is one in which mahjong or tin kau
tiles are used and

(a) it is played in premises-

(i) licensed as a restaurant under the Public Health and
Municipal Services Ordinance; or (Amended, 10 of 1986,
s.32(1))

(ii) occupied or used by a society which is registered or
exempted from registration under the Societies Ordinance;

(b) a fee is not charged for admission to the premises;

(c)the game does not involve playing against a bank kept by one
or more of the players exclusively of the others;

(d)the game is not promoted or conducted by way of trade or
business in the premises, otherwise than to the extent of the
charging of a fee not exceeding the prescribed amount for the
hire of any set of tiles, or for the private gain of any person
otherwise than to the extent of a person's winnings as a player
of or at the game.

(5) Gaming is lawful if the game is-

(a) a game of amusement with prizes;

(b) a game of tombola; or

(c) a trade promotion competition, the organization and conduct of
which is authorized by licence under section 22.

(6) Gaming is lawful if-

(a)the game is one in which mahjong or tin kau tiles are used;
and

(b)it is played in premises licensed for the purpose under section
22.

(7) Betting is lawful if the bet is made between persons none of
whom is thereby committing an offence under section 7.





(8) Gambling is lawful to the extent that it is authorized by or under
the Television Ordinance or the Betting Duty Ordinance.

4. (1) Save as provided in subsections (2) and (3) lotteries are
unlawful.

(2) Lotteries are lawful if they are authorized by or under the
Betting Duty Ordinance, the Government Lotteries Ordinance or a
licence granted under section 22.

(3) It is lawful to participate in the chances of a lawful lottery.

PART 111

OFFIENCES RELATING To GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES

5. Any person who on any occasion-

(a) operates a gambling establishment;

(b)manages or otherwise has control of a gambling
establishment; or

(c)in any capacity assists, either directly or indirectly, in the
operation or in the management or other control of a gambling
establishment,

commits an offence and is liable-

(i)on summary conviction to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years; or

(ii) on conviction on indictment to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 7 years.

6. Any person who gambles in a gambling establishment commits
an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and
to imprisonment for 3 months.

7. (1) Any person who- (Amended, 53 of 1981, s. 4)

(a)engages in bookmaking, whether on one occasion or more
than one occasion;

(b)holds out in any manner that he receives or negotiaties bets
by way of trade or business; or

(c)in any capacity assists, either directly or indirectly, another
person in bookmaking,

commits an offence and is liable-

(i)on summary conviction to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years; or

(ii)on conviction on indictment to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 7 years.





(2) No prosecution shall be instituted under subsection (1)(c)
without the consent of the Attorney General (Added, 53 of 1981, s.4)

8. Any person who bets with a bookmaker commits an
offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 3 months.

9. Any person who-

(a)promotes, organizes, conducts or manages, or otherwise has
control of, an unlawful lottery; or

(b)in any capacity assists, either directly or indirectly, in the
promotion, organization, conduct, management or other
control of an unlawful lottery,

commits an offence and is liable-

(i)on summary conviction to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years; or

(ii)on conviction on indictment to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 7 years.

10. Any person who-

(a)sells or otherwise disposes of a ticket relating to an unlawful
lottery;

(b)has in his possession a lottery ticket relating to an unlawful
lottery with a view to its sale or other disposal,

commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and
to imprisonment for 2 years.

11. Any person who has in his possession a ticket relating to an
unlawful lottery commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a
fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

12. Any person who in any manner-

(a)writes, prints or publishes, or causes to be written, printed or
published

(i) any ticket relating to an unlawful lottery; or

(ii) a list of prizes in an unlawful lottery; or

(b)provides or publishes, or causes to be provided or published,
expressly or otherwise-

(i) any tip, hint or forecast relating to the result of an
unlawful lottery; or

(ii) any announcement of the result of an unlawful lottery,

commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and
to imprisonment for 2 years.





13. (1) Any person who-

(a)operates or manages or otherwise controls unlawful gambling;
or

(b)in any capacity, either directly or indirectly, assists another
person in the operation, management or other control of
unlawful gambling,

in any place whatsoever (not being a gambling establishment) whether
or not the public have or are permitted to have access thereto, or in any
street, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000
and to imprisonment for 2 years.

(2) Any person who gambles unlawfully in any such place or in
any street commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine
of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.

14. Any person who provides any money or other property to any
other person knowing that it is to be used by any person in or for or in
connexion with unlawful gambling or an unlawful lottery commits an
offence and is liable-

(a)on summary conviction to a fine of 5500,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years; or

(b)on conviction on indictment to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 7 years.

15. (1) No person shall-

(a)being the owner, tenant, occupier or person in charge of any
permises or place, knowingly permit or suffer such premises or
place or any part thereof to be opened, kept or used as a
gambling establishment; or

(b)let or agree to let, whether as principal or agent, any premises
or place knowing that such premises or place or any part
thereof are or is to be opened, kept or used as a gambling
establishment.

(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an
offence and is liable-

(a)on summary conviction to a fine of 5500,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years; or

(b)on conviction on indictment to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 7 years.

16. (1) Any person who-

(a) by any fraud, misleading device or false practice, before or
after or in the course of or in connexion with gambling or a
lottery, wins from another person, for himself or for any other
person ascertained or unascertained, any money or other
property; or





(b)fraudulently or by any deception whatsoever by words or
conduct, including a deception relating to the past, the
present or the future and a deception as to the intentions or
opinions of any person, directly or indirectly persuades,
incites or induces another person to take part in gambling or a
lottery,

commits an offence and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of
$1,000,000 and to imprisonment for 10 years.

(2) Notwithstanding any rule of law or practice to the contrary, a
witness shall not in any proceedings under this section be regarded as
an accomplice by reason only of his having taken part in the gambling
or the lottery.

PART IV

PROOF OF OFFENCES

17. In any proceedings under this Ordinance-

(a)it shall not be necessary to prove that the gambling or the
lottery involved any money or other property or any wager or
stake;

(b)it shall not be a defence to show that any money or other
property, or any wager or stake, was not to be collected or
was not payable or to be delivered until after the gambling or
the drawing of the lottery to which such money or other
property or the wager or stake related.

18. In any proceedings for an offence under section 5, 7, 9 or 10,
the burden of proving that any gambling was lawful by virtue of section
3 or that any lottery was lawful by virtue of section 4, shall be on the
defendant.

19. (1) Where in any proceedings under this Ordinance it is proved
that

(a)the entry of a police officer to any premises or place under
section 23(2)(a) was prevented, obstructed or delayed;

(b)any premises or place entered under section 23(2)(a) were or
was provided with any means for concealing, removing or
destroying gambling equipment;

(c)gambling equipment was found in any premises or place
entered under section 23(2)(a) or on any person found in any
such premises or place,

it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that the premises or
place are or is a gambling establishment.

(2) Where in any proceedings under section 6 it is proved that a
person was found in a gambling establishment or that a person





escaped from a gambling establishment on the occasion of its being
entered under section 23(2)(a), such person shall until the contrary is
proved be presumed to have been gambling therein.

(3) For the purposes of any proceedings under section 7(1)(c) any
person who is proved to have had in his possession one or more than
one betting slip shall, until the contrary is proved, be presumed to have
been assisting another person in bookmaking. (Added, 53 of 1981, s. 3)

(4) If in any proceedings under this Ordinance it is proved that any
money was found in any premises or place or was found on any person
in such premises or place on the occasion of its being entered under
section 23(2)(a) where entry was prevented, obstructed or delayed, it
shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that such money has
been used in or for or in connexion with unlawful gambling. (Added, 53 of
1981, s. 3)

20. (1) Where in any proceedings under this Ordinance a court is
satisfied that a tape recording machine or a tape recording was used in
or in connexion with the commission of an offence under section 7, then
a tape recording produced by that machine or the tape recording, as the
case may be, shall be admissible in evidence and shall be prima facie
evidence of any matter recorded thereon.

(2) In any proceedings under this Ordinance a report in a
newspaper circulating in Hong Kong that a particular horse, pony or
dog is or was entered as a participant in a particular race, whether or not
the race is to be or was held in Hong Kong, shall be admissible in
evidence and shall be prima facie evidence that the horse, pony or dog
was so entered.

(3) If in any proceedings under this Ordinance a court is satisfied
that by experience or otherwise a police officer has expert knowledge of
any practice or device used in or for the purpose of the commission of
any offence under the Ordinance, the court may receive evidence from
that police officer as to the nature, effect or purpose of the practice or
device.

PART V

MISCELLANEOUS

21. (1) Where a person is convicted of an offence under. section 5, 7
or 8 the court may on the application of the Attorney
General and in addition to any penalty imposed for the offence make
an order, which shall continue in force for such period not exceeding 12
months as the court may specify-

(a)requiring the Hong Kong Telephone Company Limited to
disconnect any telephone service provided to such premises
used in or in connexion with the commission of that offence as
may be specified in the order;





(b)requiring the Hong Kong Telephone Company Limited to
disconnect any other telephone service provided to the
defendant;

(c)prohibiting the Hong Kong Telephone Company Limited from
providing to the defendant any further telephone service while
the order is in force.

(2) The Registrar of the Supreme Court shall notify the Hong Kong
Telephone Company Limited of the making of an order under
subsection (1) and the Company shall take such steps as may be
necessary to give effect to it.

(3) An order under subsection (1) shall have effect notwithstanding
that the defendant is not the subscriber to the telephone service or a
party to the agreement with the Company.

22. (1) The Commissioner for Television and Entertainment
Licensing may

(a) by licence authorize-

(i) the promotion and conduct of any lottery for the
purposes of a club, association or other body of persons
approved by the Commissioner for Television and
Entertainment Licensing;

(ii) the organization and conduct of a game of tombola by a
society which is registered or exempted from registration
under the Societies Ordinance or is a person to whom that
Ordinance does not apply;

(iii) the organization and conduct of a game of amusement
with prizes to be conducted on premises licensed under
section 4 of the Places of Public Entertainment Ordinance;

(iv) the organization and conduct of a trade promotion
competition by a person engaged in trade or business;
(Added, L.N. 110/80)

(b)license premises for the playing therein of games in which
mahjong or tin kau tiles are used. (Amended, L.N. 164/77)

(IA) [Deleted, L.N. 110/80]

(2) A licence under subsection (1) may on payment of the
prescribed fee (Amended, L.N. 164/77 and L.N. 110/80)

(a) be granted for a particular lottery, game or competition; or

(b) be granted or renewed for a period of 12 months.

(3) Any such licence shall be subject to the prescribed conditions
and to any other conditions which the Commissioner for Television and
Entertainment Licensing may impose. (Amended, L.N. 164/77 and L.N.
110/80)





(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





(iii) found on any person found in such premises or place
where entry under paragraph (a) is prevented, obstructed or
delayed.

(3) No person shall be searched under this section except by a
person of the same sex.

24. If a police officer reasonably suspects that an offence under
section 13 is being or has been committed in any place referred to in
that section or in any street, he may seize and detain

(a)any gambling equipment found in such place or street or in
the possession of any person whom he reasonably suspects
of committing or having committed any such offence; and

(b)any money or other property so found which appears to him
to have been used in or for or in connexion with the
commission of any such offence.

25. (1) A racing club shall use all reasonable and lawful means
(including the removal of persons from racing club premises under
subsection (2)) to prevent the commission of offences under section 7
on the racing club premises.

(2) A person authorized for the purpose of this section by a racing
club may, if he has reason to suspect that a person is committing an
offence under section 7 on the racing club premises, require such
person to leave the premises and, if he fails to do so, remove him
therefrom.

(3) Any person who, having left or been removed from racing club
premises after being required to leave the same under subsection (2), re-
enters the premises on the same day commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a fine of $50,000 and to imprisonment for 2 years.

(4) Nothing in this section shall affect any other right of a racing
club to exclude or remove a person from racing club premises.

26. If in any proceedings under this Ordinance or otherwise on
application by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, a
magistrate is satisfied that any money, gambling equipment or other
property, not being immovable property, has been used in or for
or in connexion with unlawful gambling or an unlawful lottery,
he shall order that it be forfeited to the Crown, whether or not any person has
been convicted of an offence under this Ordinance.

(Amended, L.N. 110/80)

27. Any person who obstructs a police officer in the exercise of the
powers conferred on him by this Ordinance commits an offence and is
liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for 3
months.





28. The Governor in Council may by regulation provide for-

(a)the manner in which applications for licences shall be
made;

(b) the form of applications and licences;

(c) the promotion and conduct of games; and

(d) anything that is to be or may be prescribed.
Originally 7 of 1977. L.N. 164/77. L.N. 110/80. 53 of 1981. 10 of 1986. L.N. 44/77. Short title. Interpretation. (Cap. 112.) (Cap. 108.) Gambling is unlawful. (Cap. 132.) (Cap. 151.) (Cap. 132.) (Cap. 151.) (Cap. 52.) (Cap. 108.) Lotteries are unlawful. (Cap. 108.) (Cap. 334.) Unlawful gambling establishments. Gambling in a gambling establishment. Bookmaking. Betting with a bookmaker. Promoters of lotteries. Selling lottery tickets. Buying lottery tickets. Publications as to lotteries. Gambling in any place not being a gambling establishment or in a street. Providing money for unlawful gambling or for an unlawful lottery. Responsibility of owners, tenants, etc. Cheating at gambling. Proof of gambling for money not necessary and credit betting no defence. Burden of proof that gambling or lottery lawful. Presumptions. Admissibility of evidence. Disconnexion of telephone service. Licences. (Cap. 151.) (Cap. 172.) Search of suspected gambling establishments. Seizure of equipment etc. in case of offence under section 13. Bookmaking on racing club premises. Forfeiture. Obstruction of police officers. Regulations.

Originally 7 of 1977. L.N. 164/77. L.N. 110/80. 53 of 1981. 10 of 1986. L.N. 44/77. Short title. Interpretation. (Cap. 112.) (Cap. 108.) Gambling is unlawful. (Cap. 132.) (Cap. 151.) (Cap. 132.) (Cap. 151.) (Cap. 52.) (Cap. 108.) Lotteries are unlawful. (Cap. 108.) (Cap. 334.) Unlawful gambling establishments. Gambling in a gambling establishment. Bookmaking. Betting with a bookmaker. Promoters of lotteries. Selling lottery tickets. Buying lottery tickets. Publications as to lotteries. Gambling in any place not being a gambling establishment or in a street. Providing money for unlawful gambling or for an unlawful lottery. Responsibility of owners, tenants, etc. Cheating at gambling. Proof of gambling for money not necessary and credit betting no defence. Burden of proof that gambling or lottery lawful. Presumptions. Admissibility of evidence. Disconnexion of telephone service. Licences. (Cap. 151.) (Cap. 172.) Search of suspected gambling establishments. Seizure of equipment etc. in case of offence under section 13. Bookmaking on racing club premises. Forfeiture. Obstruction of police officers. Regulations.

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