Section 6Part 0 —
Penalty for taking part in public lottery
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A person who, either personally or by an agent, pays or deposits any money or money’s worth to or with any person concerned in the business of a common gaming house as a stake, or for or in respect of any event or contingency connected with a public lottery, or buys a lottery ticket, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of ten dollars or to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for two months.
A person in whose possession a lottery ticket is found shall be presumed, until the contrary be proved, to have bought the same.
Every lottery ticket in respect of a lottery within the Islands shall be forfeited, and it shall be the duty of any constable to seize every such ticket wherever found.