Section 6A
Penalty for publication or announcement of result of horse race
Any person who for the purpose of betting or wagering in contravention of this Act announces or publishes or causes to be announced or published, either orally or by means of print, writing, sign or otherwise, the result of any public lottery or horse race or other sporting event shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than five thousand ringgit and not more than fifty thousand ringgit and shall also be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
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(2)
Subsection (1) shall not apply—
(a)
to anything published or forming part of any announcement in any newspaper relating to any horse race or the result thereof if such newspaper has been printed or published under a licence in that behalf duly issued in accordance with the Printing Presses and Publication Act 1984
[Act 301];
(b)
to any lottery promoted by the Social and Welfare Services
Lotteries Board, under the *Social and Welfare Services
Lotteries Board Act 1950 [Act 252];
(c)
subject to the provisions of any permit granted in respect thereof, to any public lottery promoted under any permit granted under the Lotteries Act 1952 [Act 288];
(d)
to the Totalizator Board established under the Racing
(Totalizator Board) Act 1961 [Act 494], to officers, agents and employees of such Board when acting in the course of their duties as such, and to the officers, members, agents and employees of any turf club acting as agents of such Board under section 16 of any approved scheme made under the said Act when acting in the course of their duties as such;
(e)
in such other circumstances and in relation to such other persons and authorities as the Minister may by order prescribe.