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Title: Offence in Connection with Lotteries
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1958
.....which may extend to two thousand rupees, and (iii) for any subsequent offence with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both. (2) In any proceedings instituted under sub-section (1), an accused person shall not be deemed to be guilty if he proves that the lottery to which the proceedings, relate was such a lottery as is not deemed to be unlawful under section 5 or 6 as the case may be, and that at the date of the alleged offence the accused believed and had reasonable ground for believing that none of the conditions required by section 5 or 6 to be observed in connection with the promotion and conduct of the lottery had been broken.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBombay Lotteries (Control and Tax) and Prize Competitions (Tax) Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Section 6
Title: Licensed Private Lotteries Not Unlawful
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1958
.....which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both: Provided that in any proceeding under this section, it shall be a defence for a person charged only by reason of his being a promoter of the lottery to prove that the offence was committed without his knowledge. Explanation.--For the purposes of this section-- (a) the expression "private lottery" means a lottery in the State which is promoted for, and in which the sale of tickets for chances by the promoters is confined to, either-- (i) members of one society established and conducted for purposes not connected with gaming, wagering or lotteries or, (ii) persons all of whom work on the same premises, or (iii) persons all of whom reside on the same premises, and which is promoted by persons each of whom is a person to whom under the foregoing provisions tickets or chances may be sold by the promoters and, in the case of a lottery promoted for the members of a society, is a person autherised in writing by the governing body of the society to promote the lottery; and " (b) the expression "society" includes a club, institution, organisation or other association of.....
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBombay Lotteries (Control and Tax) and Prize Competitions (Tax) Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Section 5
Title: Licensed Entertainment Lotteries Not Unlawful
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1958
.....in the promotion or conduct of the lottery shall, on conviction, be punishable-- (a) for the first offence with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees, (b) for the second offence with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees, and (c) for any subsequent offence with imprisonment or a term which may extend to three months or with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees or with both: Provided that in any proceeding under this section, it shall be a defense to prove that the breach was committed without his knowledge. Explanation.--The entertainments to which this section applies are bazaars, sales of work, fetes and other entertainments of a similar character, whether limited to one day or extending over two or more days.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionLotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 Section 4
Title: Conditions Subject to Which Lotteries May Be Organized, Etc
State: Central
Year: 1998
A State Government may organize, conduct or promote a lottery, subject to the following conditions, namely:-- (a) prizes shall not be offered on any pre-announced number or on the basis of single digit; (b) the State Government shall print the lottery tickets bearing the imprint and logo of the State in such manner that the authenticity of the lottery ticket is ensured; (c) the State Government shall sell the tickets either itself or through distributors or selling agents; (d) the proceeds of the sale of lottery tickets shall be credited into the public account of the State; (e) the State Government itself shall conduct the draws of all the lotteries; (f) the prize money unclaimed within such time as may be prescribed by the State Government or not otherwise distributed, shall become the property of that Government; (g) the place of draw shall be located within the State concerned; (h) no lottery shall have more than one draw in a week; (i) the draws of all kinds of lotteries shall be conducted between such period of the day as may be prescribed by the State Government; (j) the number of bumper draws of a lottery shall not be more than six in a calendar year;
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBombay Lotteries (Control and Tax) and Prize Competitions (Tax) Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Preamble 1
Title: the Bombay Lotteries (Control and Tax) and Prize Competitions (Tax) Act, 1958
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1958
1THE BOMBAY LOTTERIES (CONTROL AND TAX) AND PRIZE COMPETITIONS (TAX) ACT, 1958 [Act No. 82 of 1958] [ 8th October 1958] Adapted and modified by the Maharashtra Adaptation of Laws (State and Concurrent Subjects) Order, 1960. PREAMBLE An Act to control and tax lotteries and to tax prize competitions in the State of Bombay. WHEREAS it is expedient to control lotteries and to levy tax on lotteries and prize competitions in the State of Bombay; It is hereby enacted in the Ninth year of the Republic of India as follows:-- ___________ 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons See Bombay Government Gazette, 1958, Part V, p. 387.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBombay Lotteries (Control and Tax) and Prize Competitions (Tax) Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Section 14
Title: Promoters of Lotteries of Prize Competitions to Keep and Maintain Accounts, Submit Statements and Make Declarations
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1958
(1) Every person promoting a lottery or prize Competition of any kind shall keep and maintain accounts relation to such lottery or competition and shall submit to the Collector statements in such form and of such period as may be prescribed: Provided that in the case of a prize competition the accounts maintained and the statements thereof submitted to the licensing authority under the Prize Competition Act, 1955,(XLII of 1955.) shall be deemed to be the accounts or statements to be maintained or submitted, as the case may be, under this section. (2) In the case of a lottery contained in a newspaper or publication printed and published outside the State, every person promoting such lottery shall make a declaration in such form and of such period as may be prescribed.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBombay Lotteries (Control and Tax) and Prize Competitions (Tax) Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Section 10
Title: Levy of Tax on Lotteries and Prize Competitions
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1958
(1) There shall be levied,-- (a) in respect of every lottery for which a licence has been obtained under section 5 or 6, a tax at the rate of 25 per cent or the total sum received or due in respect of such lottery; and (b) in respect of every prize competition for which a licence has been obtained under the Prize Competitions Act, 1955,(XLII of 1955.) a tax at the rate of 5 per cent of the total entry fees received and retained in such competition. (2) The tax shall be collected from the promoter of such lottery or prize competition, as the case may be,
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBombay Lotteries (Control and Tax) and Prize Competitions (Tax) Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Section 11
Title: Levy of Tax on Lotteries in Newspapers and Publications Printed and Published Outside State
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1958
Notwithstanding anything contained in section 10, there shall be levied in respect of every lottery contained in a newspaper or publication printed and published outside the State, for which a licence has been obtained under section 5 or 6, a tax at such rates as may be specified by the State Government in a notification in the Official Gazette, not exceeding the rates specified in section 10 on the sums specified in the declaration made under section 14 by the promoter of the lottery as having been received or due in respect of such lottery or in a lump-sum having regard to the circulation or distribution of the newspaper or publication in the State.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTax on Lotteries Act, 2004 Preamble 1
Title: Tax on Lotteries Act, 2004
State: Karnataka
Year: 2004
THE KARNATAKA TAX ON LOTTERIES ACT, 20041 [Act, No. 4 of 2004] [29th January, 2004] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the levy and collection of tax on Lotteries (gambling). Whereas it is expedient to provide for the levy and collection of tax on lotteries and for matters connected therewith; Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the fifty-fourth year of the Republic of the India as follows:- ____________________ 1. First published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the twenty ninth day of January, 2004.
View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionBombay Lotteries (Control and Tax) and Prize Competitions (Tax) Act, 1958, (Maharashtra) Section 16
Title: Forefeiture of Newspapers and Publication Containing Unlawful Lotteries
State: Maharashtra
Year: 1958
Where any newspaper or publication, wherever printed or published contains an unlawful lottery the Collector may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare every copy of the issue of the newspaper or every copy of such publication containing such lottery to be forfeited to the State Government.
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