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Section 5

Conditions in permits

of Lotteries Act 1952

ActIn forceProvision 5 of 19
Section 5
(1)

In granting a permit under this Act the Minister of Finance may impose such conditions relating to the promotion and conduct of a lottery as he may think fit, but there shall in all cases be imposed the following conditions, that is to say—

(a)

no profit shall accrue to any individual person from the promotion of the lottery; and

(b)

the whole proceeds of the lottery, after deducting such costs, charges, expenses and other disbursements as may be allowed in the permit, shall be devoted to the purposes for which the lottery is promoted.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred upon him by subsection (1) the Minister of Finance may, in granting any permit under this Act, impose conditions prescribing—

(a)

the percentage of the gross proceeds raised by such lottery that may be distributed as prizes, and the proportions in which such sum shall be allocated amongst the individual prizes;

(b)

the number of tickets or chances to be offered for sale in such lottery and the prices and denominations of such tickets or chances;

(c)

the amount of commission to be charged on the sale of such tickets or chances;

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(d)

the persons by whom, the manner in which and the places at which such tickets or chances may be sold or distributed, and the persons or classes of persons to whom such tickets or chances may be sold or distributed;

(e)

the time, place and manner at or in which the winners of prizes therein will be determined;

(f)

the opening and closing dates for the sale or distribution of tickets or chances in such lottery;

(g)

the conditions subject to which any tickets or chances may be offered for sale;

(h)

the manner in which such lottery may be advertised;

(i)

the costs, charges and expenses which may be deducted by the promoter of such lottery from the funds raised by such lottery.