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BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 30

Penalties for offences under this Part and forfeitures.

30.(1) A person guilty of an offence under this Part shall be liable

(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and in
the case of a second or any subsequent conviction for an offence under the
same section, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a
fine not exceeding two hundred pounds or to both such imprisonment and such
fine; or

(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds,
and in the case of a second or any subsequent conviction for an offence under
the same section, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a
fine not exceeding seven hundred and fifty pounds or to both such imprisonment
and such fine.

(2) The court before which a person is proved to have committed any offence
under this Part in relation to a lottery or proposed lottery shall order to be
forfeited any coins and bank notes produced to the court which are shown to
the satisfaction of the court to represent the price of tickets or chances, or
prize money, or prizes in the lottery, and may order to be destroyed all
documents (other than bank notes) produced to the court which are shown to the
satisfaction of the court to relate to the promotion or conduct of the
lottery.

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