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STREET BETTING ACT 1906

STREET BETTING ACT 1906 - LONG TITLE

An Act for the Suppression of Betting in Streets and other Public
Places.
[21st December 1906]
Betting in a street, &c.

STREET BETTING ACT 1906 - SECT 1

1.(1) Any person frequenting or loitering in streets or public
places, on behalf either of himself or of any other person, for
the purpose of bookmaking, or betting, or wagering, or agreeing to
bet or wager, or paying or receiving or settling bets, shall

(a)in the case of a first offence be liable, on conviction under
the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, to a fine not exceeding [#50];

(b)in the case of a second offence be liable, on conviction under
the Summary Jurisdiction Acts, to a fine not exceeding [#50]; and

(c)in the case of a third or subsequent offence, or in any case
where it is proved that the person whilst committing the offence
had any betting tranaction with a person under the age of sixteen
years, be liable on conviction... under the Summary Jurisdiction Acts
to a fine not exceeding [#50] or to imprisonment, ... for a term
not exceeding three months, without the option of a fine;

(2) Any constable may take into custody without warrant any person
found committing an offence under this Act, and may seize and
detain any article liable to be forfeited under this Act.

(3) Any person who appears to the court to be under the age of
sixteen years shall for the purpose of this section be deemed to
be under that age unless the contrary be proved, or unless the
person charged shall satisfy the court that he had reasonable ground
for believing otherwise.

(4) For the purpose of this section the word "street" shall include
any highway and any public bridge, road, lane, footway, square,
court, alley, or passage, whether a thoroughfare or not; and the
words "public place" shall include any public park, garden, or
seabeach, and any unenclosed ground to which the public for the
time being have unrestricted access, and shall also include every
enclosed place (not being a public park or garden) to which the
public have a restricted right of access, whether on payment or
otherwise, if at or near every public entrance there is
conspicuously exhibited by the owners or persons having the control
of the place a notice prohibiting betting therein.

STREET BETTING ACT 1906 - SECT 2
Act not to apply to a racecourse.

2. Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to any ground used
for the purpose of a racecourse for racing with horses or adjacent
thereto on the days on which races take place.

S.4 rep. by SLR 1980

STREET BETTING ACT 1906 - SECT 5
Short title.

5. This Act may be cited as the Street Betting Act, 1906.