Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
Interpretation
(i)
whether on his own account or as penciller, runner, servant or agent for any other person, receives or negotiates bets or wagers, whether on a cash or credit basis and whether for money or money’s worth; or
(ii)
in any manner holds himself out or permits himself to be held out in any manner as a person who receives or negotiates such bets or wagers;
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“common betting house” means—
(i)
any place kept or used for betting or wagering whether such betting or wagering, be in cash or on credit, on any event or contingency of or relating to any horse race or other sporting event or lottery to which the public or any class of the public has, or may have, access;
(ii)
any place kept or used for habitual betting or wagering on any such event or contingency as aforesaid, whether the public has, or may have, access thereto or not; or
(iii)
any place used by a bookmaker for the purpose of receiving or negotiating bets or wagers on any such event or contingency as aforesaid, whether such bets or wagers reach the bookmaker by the hand of the person placing the bet or his agent or the bookmaker’s agent or through the telephone or the post or by telegram or by any other means;
“equipment” includes any appliances, apparatus or accessory used or intended to be used for any communication between person to person, thing and thing or person and thing by means of telecommunications or any transmission of postal articles by means of post;
“penciller” means a person who helps a bookmaker to keep his accounts or record of bets in connection with horse-races;
“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;
“runner” means a person employed by a bookmaker to collect and settle bets, either on salary or on commission;
“Senior Police Officer” means any police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent and includes in the States of
Sabah and Sarawak and in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Labuan any police officer specially authorized by the
Minister charged with the responsibility for Police and in any
State any police officer specially authorized by the State
Authority by notification in the Gazette to exercise the powers of a Senior Police Officer under this Act;
“State Authority” has the same meaning as defined in the Local
Government Act 1976 [Act 171];
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Betting
“sporting event” includes any race, fight, game, sport or exercise;
“telecommunication” has the same meaning as in the
*Telecommunications Act 1950 [Act 20];
“telecommunication system” means any system used or intended to be used for telecommunications.
(2)
A place shall be deemed to be “used” for a purpose if it is used for that purpose on only one occasion.
(3)
A place shall be deemed to be used for habitual betting or wagering if betting or wagering is frequently carried on therein, notwithstanding that betting or wagering is not the primary purpose for which such place is normally used.
(4)
Every person who demises or lets for hire a place shall be deemed the “owner” thereof.
Nuisance