Cards. To keep a common house for card-playing is unlawful.-Gaming Houses Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 38); and see GAMING. Cheating at cards is punishable by the Gaming Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c. 100), s. 17. An excise duty of 3d. a pack-i.e., any quantity not exceeding 52-on home-made cards is levied by 25 & 26 Vict. c. 22, and a customs duty of 3s. 9d. per dozen packs on imported cards by the (English) Customs Tariff Act, 1876 (39 & 40 Vict. c. 36)
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