Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 (Qld)

Queensland SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING ACT 1895 Reprinted as in force on 1 March 1996 (includes amendments up to Act No. 75 of 1974) Reprint No. 1 * This reprint is prepared by the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Warning—This reprint is not an authorised copy * Minor differences in style between this reprint and another reprint with the same number are due to the conversion to another software program. The content has not changed.

Information about this reprint This Act is reprinted as at 1 March 1996. The reprint— • shows the law as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before that day (Reprints Act 1992 s 5(c)) • incorporates all necessary consequential amendments, whether of punctuation, numbering or another kind (Reprints Act 1992 s 5(d)). The reprint includes a reference to the law by which each amendment was made—see list of legislation and list of annotations in endnotes. Minor editorial changes allowed under the provisions of the Reprints Act 1992 mentioned in the following list have also been made to— • update citations and references (pt 4, div 2) • update references (pt 4, div 3) • express gender specific provisions in a way consistent with current drafting practice (s 24) • use standard punctuation consistent with current drafting practice (s 27) • use expressions consistent with current drafting practice (s 29) • reorder definitions consistent with current drafting practice (s 30) • relocate marginal or cite notes (s 34) • use aspects of format and printing style consistent with current drafting practice (s 35) • omit provisions that are no longer required (ss 36, 37 and 39) • omit historical notes (s 42) • omit the enacting words (s 42A) • number and renumber certain provisions and references (s 43). Also see endnotes for information about— • when provisions commenced • editorial changes made in the reprint, including— • table of changed names and titles • table of obsolete and redundant provisions • table of renumbered provisions • table of comparative legislation.

Queensland SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING ACT 1895 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 2—LOTTERIES 5 Unlawful to establish, commence, be a partner in etc. any lottery . . . . . . . . 4 6 Unlawful to sell tickets for any lottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Unlawful to sell or dispose of etc. any property by lottery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Sweeps etc. unlawful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 9 Missing-word competition etc. unlawful. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 10 Unlawful to print or publish ticket for or otherwise advertise unlawful lottery 5 11 Penalty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 14 What this Act does not apply to. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PART 5—GENERAL 32 On neglect to prosecute any summons justices may authorise some other person to proceed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 34 Distress not unlawful for want of form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 Date to which amendments incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6 Table of changed names and titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7 Table of obsolete and redundant provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2 Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 8 Table of renumbered provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 9 Table of comparative legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

s1 3 s4 Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 SUPPRESSION OF GAMBLING ACT 1895 [as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 1 March 1996] An Act for the suppression of gambling PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 . 4 Interpretation In this Act— “lottery” means any scheme or device for the sale, gift, disposal, or distribution of any property depending upon or to be determined by lot or chance, whether by the throwing or casting of any dice or the drawing of any tickets, cards, lots, numbers or figures, or by means of any wheel or trained animal, or otherwise howsoever. “place” means any house, office, room, tent, resort, or other place in or out of an enclosed building, vessel, or premises, whether upon land or water, whether private property or otherwise, and any vehicle, and includes any place declared by the Governor in Council by order in council to be a “place” for the purposes of this Act. “property” means any real or personal property whatsoever, whether situate or being within or without the State, or of any right thereto or share or interest therein. “vehicle” means any car, tramcar, railway carriage, carriage, drag, wagon, cart, truck, handcart, barrow, bicycle, tricycle, motor cycle, motor car, motor vehicles, and any vehicle of any kind whatsoever.

s5 4 s9 Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 PART 2—LOTTERIES 5 Unlawful to establish, commence, be a partner in etc. any lottery It shall be unlawful to establish, commence, or be a partner in, or to manage or conduct, or assist in managing or conducting, any lottery. 6 Unlawful to sell tickets for any lottery It shall be unlawful to sell or dispose of or to endeavour to sell or dispose of any ticket or other means by which permission or authority is gained or given to any person to throw for, compete, or have any interest in any lottery. 7 Unlawful to sell or dispose of etc. any property by lottery It shall be unlawful to sell or dispose of, or endeavour to sell or dispose of, or agree or promise, whether with or without consideration, to sell or dispose of any property by lottery. 8 Sweeps etc. unlawful Every transaction wherein any money or other property is received as or for the consideration for any assurance, undertaking, promise, or agreement, express or implied, to pay, give, or distribute thereafter to or among any person or persons by lottery any money or other property on any event or contingency whatsoever, or as or for the consideration of securing the paying, giving, or distributing by some other person of any money or other property on any event or contingency whatsoever, and every scheme of the nature commonly knows as a ‘sweep’ or ‘consultation’, shall be deemed to be a lottery within the meaning of this Act. 9 Missing-word competition etc. unlawful Every transaction wherein any property is received as or for the consideration for any assurance, undertaking, promise, or agreement, express or implied, to pay, give, or distribute thereafter any money or other property to or among any person or persons who shall successfully guess or otherwise by chance find out, supply, or fill in a word, letter, figure, or

s 10 5 s 14 Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 number omitted from any sentence or part of a sentence, paragraph or part of a paragraph whatsoever, or as or for the consideration of securing the giving or distributing by some other person of any money or other property on any such event or contingency as aforesaid, and every scheme of the nature commonly known as a ‘missing-word’ competition, shall be deemed to be a lottery within the meaning of this Act. 10 Unlawful to print or publish ticket for or otherwise advertise unlawful lottery (1) It shall be unlawful to publish or cause to be published by means of radio broadcast or television, or to print, publish, or exhibit, or to cause to be printed, published, or exhibited, any ticket for, or any advertisement, sign, or other notice of or relating to, the drawing or intended drawing of any unlawful lottery, or of or for the sale of any ticket or chance of or in any such lottery, or concerning or in any manner relating to such lotteries in general, or to any such particular lottery or to any ticket, chance, or share thereof or therein. (2) In this section— “unlawful lottery” means any lottery which is not declared by any Act to be lawful, and includes any foreign art union within the meaning of the Art Union Regulation Act 1964 . 11 Penalty Any person who offends against any of the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be liable, on conviction, to 6 months imprisonment, or to a fine not exceeding $200. 14 What this Act does not apply to Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to repeal, alter, or in any way affect the Totalisator Restriction Act 1889 .

s 32 6 s 34 Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 PART 5—GENERAL 32 On neglect to prosecute any summons justices may authorise some other person to proceed In case any person who shall have laid any complaint in respect of any offence against this Act shall not appear at the time at which the defendant shall have been summoned to appear, or at any time to which the hearing of the summons may have been adjourned, or if such person, in the opinion of any justices having authority to adjudicate with respect to the offence charged in such complaint as aforesaid, shall otherwise have neglected to proceed upon or prosecute such complaint with due diligence, it shall be lawful for such justices to authorise any other person to proceed on such complaint and summons instead of the person to whom the same may have been granted, or such justices may dismiss the first complaint and summons, and authorise any person to lay a fresh complaint in respect of the offence charged in such first complaint in like manner as if the previous summons had not been granted. 34 Distress not unlawful for want of form When any distress shall be made for any money to be levied by virtue of the warrant of any justice under this Act, the distress shall not be deemed unlawful, nor shall any party making the same be deemed a trespasser, on account of any defect or want of form in the complaint, summons, or warrant of apprehension, conviction, warrant of distress, or other proceeding relating thereto; nor shall such party be deemed a trespasser from the beginning on account of any irregularity which shall be afterwards committed by the party, but all persons aggrieved by such defect or irregularity may recover full satisfaction for the special damage by action in any of Her Majesty’s courts of record.

7 Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes Page 2 Date to which amendments incorporated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 4 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 5 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 6 Table of changed names and titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 7 Table of obsolete and redundant provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 8 Table of renumbered provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 9 Table of comparative legislation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 2 Date to which amendments incorporated This is the reprint date mentioned in the Reprints Act 1992, section 5(c). Accordingly, this reprint includes all amendments that commenced operation on or before 1 March 1996. Future amendments of the Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 may be made in accordance with this reprint under the Reprints Act 1992, section 49.

8 Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 3 Key Key to abbreviations in list of legislation and annotations Key AIA amd amdt ch def div exp gaz hdg ins lap notfd o in c om orig p para prec pres Explanation = Acts Interpretation Act 1954 = amended = amendment = chapter = definition = division = expires/expired = gazette = heading = inserted = lapsed = notified = order in council = omitted = original = page = paragraph = preceding = present Key prev (prev) proc prov pt pubd R[X] RA reloc renum rep s sch sdiv SIA SIR SL sub unnum Explanation = previous = previously = proclamation = provision = part = published = Reprint No.[X] = Reprints Act 1992 = relocated = renumbered = repealed = section = schedule = subdivision = Statutory Instruments Act 1992 = Statutory Instruments Regulation 1992 = subordinate legislation = substituted = unnumbered 4 List of legislation Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 59 Vic No. 9 date of assent 15 October 1895 commenced on date of assent amending legislation— Criminal Code Act 1899 63 Vic No. 9 s 3(2) sch 3 date of assent 28 November 1899 commenced on date of assent Statute Law Revisions Act 1908 8 Edw 7 No. 18 s 2 sch 1 date of assent 23 December 1908 commenced on date of assent Racecourses Acts and Other Acts Amendment Act 1936 1 Edw 8 No. 24 pt 4 date of assent 3 December 1936 commenced on date of assent Racing and Betting Act 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 date of assent 21 December 1954 commenced 1 July 1955 (proc pubd gaz 18 June 1955 p 869) Suppression of Gambling Acts Amendment Act 1956 5 Eliz 2 No. 17 date of assent 22 November 1956 commenced on date of assent

9 Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 Art Union Regulation Act 1964 No. 55 s 43 date of assent 21 December 1964 commenced 1 March 1965 (proc pubd gaz 6 February 1965 p 387) Limitation of Actions Act 1974 No. 75 s 4 sch date of assent 1 November 1974 commenced 1 July 1975 (see s 2) 5 List of annotations Short title s 1 amd R1 (see RA s 36) Repeal s 2 om 1908 8 Edw 7 No. 18 s 2 sch 1 Time of coming into force s 3 om R1 (see RA s 37) Interpretation s 4 amd 1936 1 Edw 8 No. 24 s 18 Unlawful to print or publish ticket for or otherwise advertise unlawful lottery s 10 sub 1956 5 Eliz 2 No. 17 s 2 amd 1964 No. 55 s 43(1) Laying totalisator odds or dealing in totalisator tickets an offence s 12 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Employment of or acting as an agent an offence s 13 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 What this Act does not apply to s 14 amd 1899 63 Vic No. 9 s 3(2) sch 3 PART III—BETTING HOUSES pt hdg om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 No place to be kept for the purpose of the owner or occupier betting with other persons s 15 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Betting house to be gaming house s 16 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Penalty on owner or occupier of betting house s 17 om 1899 63 Vic No. 9 s 3 sch 3 Penalty on persons receiving money on condition of paying money on event of any bet s 18 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Penalty on persons exhibiting placards or advertising betting houses, &c s 19 sub 1936 1 Edw 8 No. 24 s 19 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1

10 Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 Penalty for advertising as to betting s 20 sub 1936 1 Edw 8 No. 24 s 20 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 When offence to keep place for conveying information therefrom in respect of horse-racing, &c. s 20A ins 1936 1 Edw 8 No. 24 s 21 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 When search warrant may issue s 20B ins 1936 1 Edw 8 No. 24 s 21 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 When offence to convey information from racecourse s 20C ins 1936 1 Edw 8 No. 24 s 21 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Meaning of “convey” s 20D ins 1936 1 Edw 8 No. 24 s 21 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Justices may authorise search of suspected houses s 21 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Penalty on persons obstructing the entry of constables authorised to enter any house suspected to be a common gaming house s 22 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Obstructing entry of constables to be evidence of house being a common gaming house s 23 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Penalty on persons apprehended for giving false names or addresses s 24 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Justices may require any of the persons apprehended to be sworn and give evidence s 25 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Persons required to be examined as witnesses and making a full discovery to be freed from penalties, &c. s 26 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 PART IV—RELATING TO INFANTS pt IV (ss 27–31) om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Money paid or promised to be paid in connection with gaming transactions not recoverable at law s 33 om 1954 3 Eliz 2 No. 54 s 4 sch 1 Limitation of action s 35 om 1974 No. 75 s 4 sch

11 Suppression of Gambling Act 1895 6 Old colony Table of changed names and titles TABLE OF CHANGED NAMES AND TITLES under the Reprints Act 1992 ss 23 and 23A New State Reference provision see Commonwealth Constitution 7 Table of obsolete and redundant provisions TABLE OF OBSOLETE AND REDUNDANT PROVISIONS under the Reprints Act 1992 s 39 Omitted provision definitions to be read in context penalty provision permitting fine or imprisonment permits both references to Queensland implied Provision making omitted provision obsolete/redundant Acts Interpretation Act 1954 s 32A Penalties and Sentences Act1992 s 180A Acts Interpretation Act 1954 s 35 8 Table of renumbered provisions TABLE OF RENUMBERED PROVISIONS under the Reprints Act 1992 s 43 Previous Renumbered as 10, 1st sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10(1) 10, 2nd sentence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10(2) 9 Table of comparative legislation s 32 17 & 18 Vict c. 38, s 9 s 34 16 & 17 Vict c. 119, s 15 © State of Queensland 2002