Licensed private lotteries not unlawful :—(1) A private lottery shall not

be deemed to be an wolawful lottery, if the promoter thereof has obtained a licence in respect of such loitery.

1. (2) The following conditions. shall be observed by the promoter in connection with the promotion and conduct of such lottery, namely :— te) the whole proceeds, after deducting only expenses incurred for printing and stationery, shall be devoted to the provision of prizes for purchasers of winning tickets or chances, or, in the case of a lottery promoted for the members of a society, shall be devoted either to the provision of prizes as aforesaid or to the purposes of the society or, as to a part of the proceeds, to the provision of prizes as aforesaid and, as to the remainder, to such purposes as aforesaid;
2. (0) there shall not be exhibited, published or distributed any written notice or advertisement of the lottery other than :— (@) a notice thereof exhibited on the premises of the society for whose members it is promoted or, as_the case may be, on the premises on pe which the persons for whom itis promoted work or reside; and
   • (if) such announcement or advertisement thereof as is contained in the tickets, if any; a3 batovsh of lade - o | _ | . | (©) the prize of every ticket or chance shall be the same and shall be stated on the tickets;
   • (d) every ticket shall bear upon the face of it the name and address of the promoters and a statement of the ersons to whom the sale of tickets or chances by the promoters is restricted, and a_statement that no prize won inthe lottery shall be paid or delivered by the promoters to any person. other than the person to whom the winning ticket or chance’ was sold by them, and 10 prizes shal be aid or delivered except in accordance ith that statement; (©) mo ticket or chance shall be issued or allotted by the promoters except by way of sale and upon receipt of the full price thereof, and no money oF yaluable thing so_ received by a promoter shal in any circumstance be returned ; as (no tickets in the lottery shall be sent through the post. If any of the conditions specified in sub-section (2) is contravened, each of the premoters of the lottery, and where the person by whom the conditicn is contravened, is not one of the promoters, that person also, shall, on conviction, be punishable— @ for the first offence, with fire which may extend to two thousand rupees ;
3. (6) for the second offence with fine which may extend to three thousand rupees ; and (€) for uny subsequent offence with impriscament for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both : Provided that in any preceeding uncer this section, it shall be a defence for a perscn charged only by reson cf his being a promoter of the lottery f 10 prove that the cfience was committed without his knowledge. b i EXPLANATION: — For the purpose of this section— (@ the expression “private lottery” means a lottery in the State Which is promoted for, and in which the sales of tickets or chances by the promoters is confined to, either— lL @) members of one society established and conducted for purposes ! not conected with gaming, wagering or lotteries ; or i (i) each and every person to whom under the foregoing provisions tickets or chances may be sold by the promoters and, in the ase of a lotery promoted for the members of a society, is a 5 person in writing by the governing body of the | society to promote the lottery ; and ' | ¢ BU— ER... onan MINA tS I me we ee a— Sm f ¢ 1b) the expression “society” includes a club, institution, organisa other association of persons by whatever hame called, and in le affliated branch or section of a society snall be regarded as soparate and distinet society.