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BETTING AND LOTTERIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 5

5.(1) A licensed bookmaker shall not carry on or represent himself as carrying
on business as a bookmaker in any premises unless he holds a valid and
subsisting licence (in this Part referred to as "a bookmaking office licence")
issued to him under section eight permitting him to carry on that business in
those premises.

(2) The Betting Act, 1853, shall not apply to any premises in respect of which
a bookmaking office licence is for the time being in force (which premises are
in this Part referred to as "a licensed office").

(3) A person who acts in contravention of sub-section (1) shall be guilty of
an offence [and shall be liable on summary conviction for a first offence to a
fine of not less than one hundred pounds nor more than five hundred pounds and
for a second or subsequent offence to such fine and to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding three months].

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