Gambling Ordinance
Part III
3-10
Section 13
Cap. 148
(2) In this section, write, print or publish (書寫、印刷或發
行) and provide or publish (提供或發行) does not include
the advertising of a lottery promoted, conducted or managed
outside Hong Kong in an internationally circulated newspaper,
magazine, journal or periodical which is not printed or
produced in Hong Kong. (Added 38 of 1994 s. 5)
13.
Gambling in any place not being a gambling establishment or
in a street
(1) Any person who operates or manages or otherwise controls
unlawful gambling in any place whatsoever (not being a
gambling establishment) whether or not the public have or are
permitted to have access thereto, or in any street, commits an
offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $50,000 and to
imprisonment for 2 years. (Replaced 12 of 2002 s. 8)
(2) Any person who gambles unlawfully in any such place or in
any street commits an offence and is liable—
14.
(a) on first conviction to a fine of $10,000 and to
imprisonment for 3 months;
(b) on second conviction to a fine of $20,000 and to
imprisonment for 6 months;
(c) on third or subsequent conviction to a fine of $30,000
and to imprisonment for 9 months. (Amended 42 of 1990
s. 9)
Providing money for unlawful gambling or for an unlawful
lottery
Any person who provides any money or other property to any other
person knowing that it is to be used by any person in or for or in
connexion with unlawful gambling or an unlawful lottery commits
an offence and is liable—
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13.12.2018
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