Lottery Office Keepers Act 1782
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1782 c. 47 |
| Year | 1782 |
(22 Geo. 3) C A P. XLVII.
'WHEREAS all Lotteries, except such as are permitted by Act of Parliament, are contrary to Law, and punishable under various Statutes of this Realm: And whereas, to prevent the Abuse of such Lotteries as for the Time being are established by Act of Parliament, it is fit that there should be a permanent Regulation, both of the Keepers of Lottery Offices, and of the Sale of Lottery Tickets: And whereas it is become a common Practice inLondon , and other Places of Great Britain , to have Ofces for selling Tickets in Lotteries established in Ireland , by Irish Acts of Parliament: And whereas it is thought expedient to allow of the selling such Irish Tickets within Great Britain , on the Terms of having the Sale of them under the same Regulations as are herein-after appointed for Tickets in Lotteries established by British Acts of Parliament:' May it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That it shall be lawful to buy and sell, within all Parts of Great Britain (except within the UniversitiesofOxford and Cambridge), any Ticket or Tickets in any Lottery or Lotteries now authorised or hereafter to be authorised by any Irish Act of Parliament, or any Share or Shares of any Ticket or Tickets in any such Irish Lottery or Lotteries, in the same Manner as if such Irish Tickets were Tickets in a Lottery established by an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain .
II No Person to keep a Lottery-office without taking out a Licence from the Stamp-office.
II. And be it further enacted, That no Person or Persons shall, publickly or privately, open, set up, exercise, or keep, by himself or herself, or any other Person or Persons, any Office for buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in any Tickets, or for registering the Numbers of any Tickets in the Lottery authorised by any Act of the present Session of Parliament, or in any Lottery which shall be authorised by any future Act of Parliament; or in any Lottery now established, or hereafter to be established, by anyIrish Act of Parliament; or shall, by Writing, Printing, or otherwise, publish the setting up, or using any such Office, without first taking out a Licence for that Purpose from the Commissioners for managing the Duties upon stamped Vellum, Parchment, and Paper, for the Time being, in Manner herein-after mentioned.
III Each Licence to cost 50 l.
III. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners, or any three of them, are hereby impowered and required, by Writing under their Hands and Seals, to grant a Licence for an Office for selling and dealing in Lottery Tickets, authorised by Law, to all and every Person and Persons applying for the same; but, previously to the Delivery of any such Licence, and before it shall have any Effect, there shall be paid, over and above all other Payments to which the Person or Persons taking out such Licence may be respectively liable by any other Act of Parliament, whether as Brokers, or otherwise, the Sum of fifty Pounds for every such Licence, at the Stamp-office, at the Time such Licence shall be delivered to the Person or Persons applying for the same; and every such Sum of fifty Pounds shall be applied towards defraying the Expences of the Stamp-office in executing this Act, and otherwise in Manner herein-after prescribed.
IV Licence to set forth the Name of the Person taking out the same, &c. and to continue in Force for one Year.
IV. And be it further enacted, That every such Licence shall set forth the true Name and Place of Abode of the Person or Persons taking out the same; and also the particular House or Place where such Business or Dealing in Lottery Tickets shall be carried on; and such Licence shall continue in Force for twelve Calendar Months from the Date thereof, and no longer; and every Person acting or dealing in any of the Matters therein contained, after the Expiration of such Licence, without the Authority of a new Licence, to be taken out in the same Manner, shall be considered in every Respect as an unlicensed Person.
V No Licence to be granted for any Office in Oxford or Cambridge.
V. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That no Licence shall be granted for having any such Lottery Office as aforesaid, within the Universities ofOxford and Cambridge , or either of them; and if any Licence shall be granted for any such Lottery Office within either of the said Universities, it shall be void and of no Effect; and the Person or Persons acting under such Licence shall be liable to the same Penalty as an unlicensed Person.
VI Persons keeping any Office contrary to this Act, to forfeit 100 l.
VI. And be it further enacted, That all and every Person and Persons who shall open, set up, or keep, any Office for buying, selling, or otherwise dealing in such Lottery Tickets, as aforesaid, or any Shares thereof, or for registering the Numbers of such Tickets, without the Authority of such Licence as aforesaid, or in any other House or Place besides that named in the Licence which he, she, or they, shall have, or in any other Manner contrary to such Licence, or to the Intent and Meaning of this present Act, shall forfeit, for every such Offence, the Sum of one hundred Pounds.
VII Certain Words to be written on the Front of each licensed Office.
VII. And be it further enacted, That all and every Person and Persons to be licensed under this Act, shall cause the Words,Licensed to deal in Lottery Tickets , to be written or expressed, in legible Characters, upon or near the Door in the Front of his, her, or their Office, Shop, or other Place for selling of Tickets, to denote that such Person or Persons is or are a Dealer or Dealers in Lottery Tickets, and liable to take out a Licence; and if any Person or Persons shall presume to sell or deal in such Lottery Tickets as aforesaid without complying with the said Provision, he, she, or they, so offending, shall, for every Day in which such Offence shall be committed, forfeit and pay the Sum of twenty Pounds.
VIII Penalty on forging or altering any Licence.
VIII. And be it further enacted, That if any Person or Persons whatsoever shall forge or counterfeit, or cause to be forged or counterfeited, or assist in forging or counterfeiting, any Licence authorised to be made by this Act for the Purpose aforesaid, or shall fraudulently alter, or cause to be altered, or assist in altering, any such Licence as shall be really granted under this Act, or shall knowingly make Use of any such forged, counterfeited, or altered Licence, such Person or Persons shall, for every such Offence, forfeit the Sum of five hundred Pounds, one Moiety thereof to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, and the other Moiety to him that shall prosecute or sue for the same; to be recovered by Action of Debt, Bill, Plaint, or Information, in any of his Majesty's Courts of Record atWestminster , in which no Essoin, Protection, Wager of Law, or more than one Imparlance, shall be allowed; and shall also be subject to Imprisonment for such Term, not exceeding six Months, as the Court, in which the Party offending shall be convicted, shall appoint.
IX All Persons taking out Licences are to give Bond to his Majesty.
IX. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That all and every the Person and Persons to whom any such Licence as aforesaid shall be granted, shall, at the Time of receiving such Licence, give Security by Bond to his Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, in the Sum of one thousand Pounds, with two or more sufficient...
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