Gambling Ordinance
Part III
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Section 15
Cap. 148
(a) on summary conviction to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years; or
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine of $500,000 and to
imprisonment for 7 years.
Responsibility of owners, tenants, etc.
15.
(1) No person shall—
(a) being the owner, tenant, occupier or person in charge of
any premises 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 $500,000 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.
Cheating at gambling
(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
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