Common Gaming Houses Act · 2019 Revised Edition
8. Instigating, promoting or facilitating gaming in public
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who instigates, promotes or intentionally facilitates the commission of an offence punishable under section 7 is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine of $10,000 and imprisonment for 6
months.
Any person who —
erects, maintains, or controls, or assists to erect, maintain, or control, any hut, shed, tent, or other building or shelter whatsoever where an offence punishable under section 7 is committed;
brings to, or has in his possession at or near, a place where such an offence is committed, any instrument or appliance for gaming; or
keeps watch in order to warn, or warns, persons committing such an offence of risk of detection, shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, to have promoted the commission of an offence punishable under section 7.
A person shall not, by reason only of the fact that he has committed an offence punishable under section 7, be liable to be convicted of an offence under this section.
Common Gaming Houses
gaming
“gaming” means playing any game of chance or of mixed chance and skill for money or money’s worth and includes — (a) playing any game specified in the Schedule; and (b) playing or operating any gaming machine;
Terms defined in s 2
gaming
Defined · s 2“gaming” means playing any game of chance or of mixed chance and skill for money or money’s worth and includes — (a) playing any game specified in the Schedule; and (b) playing or operating any gaming machine;
place
Defined · s 2“place” means any house, office, room or building and any place or spot whether open or enclosed and includes a ship, boat or other vessel whether afloat or not and any vehicle;